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December 12, 2017

Bonamici speaks out on Republican tax plan

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, along with nearly 50 other Democratic lawmakers, signed a joint letter urging that the Republican tax plan change to support public schools and investments in higher education.


December 8, 2017
Today Education and the Workforce Vice Ranking Member Suzanne Bonamici, Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott, and 45 Democrats stood up for public education and urged tax bill conferees to mitigate the harmful aspects of the current tax proposal and instead advance a tax plan that supports public schools and investments in higher education.

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December 1, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, a member of the House Education and Science Committees, announced that Divya Amirtharaj, a student at Beaverton’s Westview High School, has won the Congressional App Challenge for Oregon’s First Congressional District.
Issues:Education

November 26, 2017

Lawmakers are heading back to Capitol Hill after the Thanksgiving break with a lot to accomplish before the end of the year.

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici sat down with KATU's Deb Knapp before the holiday weekend for a conversation on what she hopes to accomplish after Congress resumes.


November 16, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici stood up for working families in Oregon and across the country by voting against the partisan House Republican tax plan.

November 15, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to an investigative report by Oregon Public Broadcasting into the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05), along with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps.

Issues:Education

November 14, 2017

Secretary DeVos has proposed only providing partial relief for students who were defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges

In new letter, Members of Congress express concern that Secretary DeVos may block full debt relief for student loan borrowers who were cheated o

Issues:Education

November 11, 2017

As I visit communities across Northwest Oregon, I hear from many Oregonians who feel left behind and left out of the economic recovery. Too many people are still struggling to make ends meet. If they are working, their wages are stagnant. They feel overwhelmed by rising rent prices, barriers to transportation, and sky-high childcare costs.


October 31, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, Vice Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, spoke out on behalf of students about reports that the Department of Education may require students who were cheated by for-profit colleges to pay back student loans.