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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. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), called on the Department of Interior to look into claims alleged in the report.

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 out of their savings and education

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. There may be job openings in their community, but the jobs require skills and resources they don't have.


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.

October 31, 2017

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, the only woman in Oregon's congressional delegation, says expanded education and training are the main ways to increase the number of women in technology and help them achieve pay equity with men.

Bonamici, a Democrat from Beaverton, said she understands the concerns voiced Monday night (Oct. 30) at a forum sponsored by PDX Women in Tech.


October 30, 2017

"Failure to publish legitimate news" was the headline of an editorial in a January 1943 edition of the Seaside Signal. The headline came after reports from Portland that "that's where they shoot people on the beach." The report came after a report from the Army and the FBI that a man had been founded mortally wounded on the beach by a sentry "after an exchange of shots."

A clarification didn't come for a week.

The editor lamented the attempt to get a news story "is like playing a game of ring around the rosie by long distance."

Issues:Education

October 25, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici spoke out on behalf of students after the Department of Education further delayed the borrower defense rule, which protects student loan borrowers.

October 23, 2017
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici sent a letter to the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Jay Clayton, urging the agency to open an investigation into potential insider trading of Navient stock.

October 20, 2017

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici visited staff at Lewis and Clark Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct. 18, to observe teachers in their classrooms using a new way of assessing student progress.

For the past year and a half, a small group of staff in the St. Helens School District have been taking advantage of professional development programs that focus on "quality assessment practice," which aims to help students understand concepts they need to know and why they're tested on those concepts.

Issues:Education