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While the impeachment of Donald Trump was at the top of mind at Gearhart's congressional town hall Monday, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici fielded questions about the federal deficit, foreign policy and her position on equal rights.
But overall it was the topic of civility that dominated evening, the fifth of sixth town hall events in the state.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici said she would likely vote to impeach President Donald Trump based on the evidence that has emerged so far about his appeals to Ukraine to investigate a political rival.
"In the past, I've expressed concerns about policy differences with this administration," Bonamici said at a town hall Monday night at Gearhart Elementary School. "But when we learned the president was compromising our national security and raising national security issues, that's when I said my constituents and Americans deserve to get the facts."
As Democrats in the House of Representatives begin an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, Western Washington County residents packed the Cornelius Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 2, to ask questions of U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici.
Multiple people asked Bonamici about the topic that has recently dominated national news: impeachment.
"We have a responsibility to hold this administration accountable," Bonamici said.
Friday is National Manufacturing Day and the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center in Columbia County is hosting an event to get high school students interested in manufacturing careers.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici will also speak to students Friday morning.
A 2018 Department of Ed report on the status of the loan program revealed that "of the approximately 29,000 applications that have been processed, more than 70% of them have been denied."
Today, despite efforts to fix the program, that denial rate is even higher.
A troubled Salem boarding school for Native American students has lost its leader.
Lora Braucher had been superintendent at Chemawa Indian School since 2014. She arrived with a reputation as a turnaround specialist and pledging to have a long tenure at Chemawa, which had seen a decade of near-constant turnover in the superintendent's office.
But as recently as last month, U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, met with Braucher on campus and afterward said they felt she was being more collaborative.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici will be in Gearhart for a town hall on Oct. 7.
"Constituent input informs the work I do, including taking action on the climate crisis, addressing student loan debt, and making sure everyone can access affordable health care," the Oregon Democrat said in a news release.