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August 4, 2017

A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers introducedlegislation Thursday to address student loan defaults by steering delinquent and def


August 3, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, Senator Ron Wyden, and a bipartisan group of colleagues announced the SIMPLE Act, legislation to reduce administrative burdens on struggling student loan borrowers.
Issues:Education

August 3, 2017
Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Ryan Costello, Seth Moulton, and Patrick Meehan have introduced the SIMPLE Act, legislation to reduce administrative burdens on struggling student loan borrowers.
Issues:Education

July 26, 2017

The temperature was creeping into the mid-80s as volunteers served fettucine alfredo, fruit salad, cucumbers, bread sticks and corn at Atfalati Park this Monday, but trees provided plenty of shade for dozens of families to sit and enjoy their meals.

Issues:Education

July 23, 2017
The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing at which both Republican and Democratic lawmakers "expressed concern about the consistency of feedback from the U.S.
Issues:Education

July 17, 2017

Clatsop Community College has secured $8.1 million in state bonds to renovate and expand its maritime-science program.


July 14, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, Senator Kamala Harris, and 42 members of Congress urged the Department of Education to strengthen services for people who have defaulted on their student loans.

July 12, 2017

KABUL, Afghanistan — Six female students from war-torn Afghanistan who had hoped to participate in an international robotics competition in the United States this month will have to watch via video link after their visas were denied not once, but twice.


July 5, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley criticized Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for her recent decision to delay the “borrower defense” rule that would provide defrauded students with debt relief and hold predatory institutions accountable for cheating students across the country.