Jobs and Economy
Information regarding my stance on Jobs and Economy issues.
Over the last month, students and staff of Astoria’s Tongue Point Job Corps Center have juggled more than their share of uncertainty – but amid the chaos, one thing remains clear. Job Corps is worth fighting for.
Congress created Job Corps — and Bonamici said only Congress can get rid of it. As the House and Senate work through the appropriations process, the congresswoman said she believes it’s unlikely the program will be defunded given the level of bipartisan support it’s received.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), one of the lead authors of the letter, sees the administration’s attack on the bureau as “turning back the clock in ways that are really pretty outrageous,” she told me by phone on Monday. The Women’s Bureau, she added, is “just as important [now] as it ever was.”
Worries about the funding losses bounced off the walls at separate roundtables attended last week by U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, and Merkley, both of whom promised to work to protect federal dollars now in jeopardy.“I’m going to do all I can to maintain programs, to restore programs that invest in getting our small businesses off the ground supporting entrepreneurs,” Bonamici said.
Organized by Emily Smith, a Beaverton-based green coffee trader who works with Hacea Coffee Source, the event brought industry concerns directly to Bonamici, a Democrat who represents Oregon’s 1st Congressional district and is the newest member of the Congressional Coffee Caucus.
“What has happened just in the past few months with this administration and with tariffs has been chaotic,” Rep. Bonamici told the coffee industry leaders.
She said she hopes the U.S. Court of Appeals will side with the International Trade Court in ruling the tariffs illegal, saying that only Congress can enact such widespread import taxes. The Appeals court has not indicated when it may rule, but has asked each party to respond by June 9.
An array of Portland-area people who roast coffee or sell coffee met with U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, on Thursday, May 29, to talk about the impact of President Donald Trump’s 10% tariff on coffee beans and coffee-related supplies.
The shock had worn off, perhaps, but the fury had not.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) began her remarks sharply.“I’m here to say that Donald Trump and the unelected billionaire Elon Musk do not understand the value of arts and culture…and, in fact, are trying to censor opinions, and they do not understand the separation of powers our Founding Fathers embedded in the Constitution,” Bonamici said from the lectern. “We are here to say that we will not stand by as they attack Oregon’s arts community and culture community.”
“Donald Trump and the unelected billionaire Elon Musk do not understand the value of arts and culture, do not understand the importance of differing opinions and, in fact, are trying to censor opinions, and they do not understand the separation of powers our founding fathers embedded in our Constitution,” Bonamici, a Beaverton Democrat, said at a press conference, at All Classical Radio in downtown Portland. “We will not stand by as they attack Oregon’s arts and culture communities.”