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U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici got an earful about how young people are affected by opioid use during a panel discussion that followed up five sessions she has conducted in the 1st Congressional District of northwest Oregon.
The Oregon Democrat sits on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, a subcommittee of which held a hearing on the issue in mid-February.
WASHINGTON - Sen, Jeff Merkley and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., announced Friday they have introduced bipartisan legislation to make hospitals safer for nurses and patients.
The Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018, modeled in part from Oregon's safe staffing legislation, requires hospitals participating in Medicare to implement adequate staffing plans for nursing services and establishes whistleblower protections for patients and employees. Rep. David Joyce (R-OH) is the lead Republican sponsor of the legislation.
The chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Tuesday slammed an international body's cancer research on a common pesticide and questioned whether the United States should contribute funding to the body.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) called the International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) conclusions on the pesticide glyphosate "unsubstantiated" and "not backed by reliable data."
He also accused the agency of using "cherry-picked" information.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici says more money for drug treatment must be coupled with better education and pain-relieving alternatives to deal with the abuse of opioids.
The Oregon Democrat spoke after she conducted the last of five roundtable discussions with officials and providers of health care and social services — and some people in recovery — in each of the five counties within the 1st Congressional District of northwest Oregon.
"I never thought I'd do heroin," Steve Bowman told a panel of staff and lawmakers Tuesday.
Bowman, a recovering addict, was one of a few people who shared his story and experiences navigating addiction treatment during a visit from U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, at Columbia Community Mental Health offices Tuesday morning, Jan. 23.