Energy and Environment

The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee advanced key legislation to address the growing global marine debris crisis late last week. The Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (S.1982/H.R.2969) – sponsored by Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) – would create a federal marine debris foundation, establish a "genius prize" to encourage the development of solutions to address plastics pollution, and launch a number of federal studies into marine debris.

A pair of Democratic lawmakers called on the National Academy of Sciences to review EPA's proposed science transparency rule over concerns it would inhibit the agency's ability to protect Americans' health and the environment by limiting the scope of research EPA could consider.

Democrats tore into an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan Wednesday that would bar the agency from relying on scientific studies that don't release their underlying data — a controversial proposal resurfacing this week with reports that the agency may expand the reach of the rule.

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) has asked the EPA to hold off on finalizing a rule until the National Academy of Sciences can conduct a review. She sent a letter to the group Wednesday asking for their analysis.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici says the current impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump may draw most of the public's attention, but the House is working on other issues affecting people's lives.

As an example, Bonamici said, a House subcommittee she leads has produced a bill (HR 4334) to extend federal spending authority under the Older Americans Act, which was originally passed in 1965.

A Portland-based industrial company completed the construction of a first of its kind renewable wave energy device.

"As we transition to a clean energy economy we have to recognize the wonderful potential and the great potential of marine energy can help us meet our clean energy needs but also create so many good paying jobs," Oregon Democratic Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici said.

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."