Education
WASHINGTON, DC [09/07/17] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) released the following statement after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the US Department of Education would begin the process of making changes to guidance intended to encourage schools to protect students from campus sexual assaults.
I join those across Oregon and the country who are deeply concerned about the devastating and deadly flooding unleashed by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. In Congress, I'll work with my colleagues to make sure the thousands of families harmed by the storm get the help they need.
College costs, student loan debt and net neutrality were among the topics raised by some of Oregon's youngest workers when they met Monday (Aug. 28) with two U.S. representatives, both elected in 2012.
About two dozen employees of Ruby Receptionists, a Portland company that serves 7,000 small businesses through technology and human interactions, questioned Reps. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon and Eric Swalwell of California.
Bonamici represents the 1st District, which covers northwest Oregon, including Portland west of the Willamette River.
U.S Rep. Suzanne Bonamici has been spending her congressional recess learning about — and drawing attention to — different local programs that face federal funding cuts, and this morning was no different.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici says she continues to plug away at regional priorities, particularly in education and the environment, despite turmoil on the national political stage.
"I am an eternal optimist, even in these hard times," she said Thursday (Aug. 24) at a breakfast of the Westside Economic Alliance at the Embassy Suites in Tigard.
BEAVERTON, OR [08/18/17] — Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vice Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, spoke out on behalf of students after the Department of Education announced it would further delay requirements that colleges comply with a rule protecting student loan borrowers.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici released a statement this morning that was critical of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education's recent decision to further delay requirements that colleges comply with a rule protecting student loan borrowers.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vice Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, spoke out on behalf of students after the Department of Education announced it would further delay requirements that colleges comply with a rule protecting student loan borrowers.