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Jobs and Economy

Information regarding my stance on Jobs and Economy issues.

May 12, 2025

Bonamici gathered with representatives from nearly two dozen of the impacted groups on Monday in the offices of All Classical Public Radio in Downtown Portland.

“Donald Trump and the unelected official Elon Musk do not understand the value of arts and culture,” Bonamici said. “We will not stand by as they attack Oregon’s arts community.”

 


May 9, 2025

“It's been tough because I've been hearing from people that they're still struggling — struggling to put food on the table. Now is the time to make it easier for people to access what they need to feed their families,” U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici said. “So to celebrate this today is really critical, and I will be fighting against the defunding of food banks and the SNAP cuts all for tax breaks for those who don't need them, people at the top. I subscribe to the theory that we all do better when we all do better, and everyone in this community deserves that.


May 9, 2025

“No one in our country should go hungry,” says Rep Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.). “Cuts to SNAP would be devastating here in Oregon. I met with the Oregon Food Bank and other advocates to say this is not the time to cut food assistance for needy families.”


May 7, 2025
Commercial fishing, seafood processing, and distribution is an integral part of the numerous small ports and rural communities that dot America’s Pacific coast.

April 14, 2025
Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members Ilhan Omar (MN-05) & Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Servicewomen, Women Veterans, and Military Families Task Force Chair Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) led 48 DWC members in a letter to U.S Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging her to stand with women workers by protecting and strengthening the Women’s Bureau at the DOL.

April 14, 2025

A group of Oregon lawmakers has requested the U.S. Department of Commerce to declare a federal fishery resource disaster for the 2024 Oregon Troll Salmon Fishery.

Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined U.S. representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum in making the request as “the declaration is critical to provide economic relief to Oregon’s fisheries and coastal communities.”


April 14, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led the Oregon delegation – including U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05) – in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, condemning the Trump Administration’s decision to eliminate the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program.


April 14, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon delegation—Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)—in urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to declare a federal fishery resource disaster for the 2024 Oregon troll salmon fishery.


March 17, 2025

He was one of tens of thousands of probationary employees fired under Trump in February, and one of about a dozen former and current employees of federal agencies who spoke to Oregon’s congressional Democrats at the town hall hosted by U.S. Sen Ron Wyden in a federal services office building.

“I am not a waste of money. My fellow employees and veterans are not a waste of money,” he told lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Maxine Dexter, Val Hoyle and Andrea Salinas, as well as Attorney General Dan Rayfield, all Democrats.


March 3, 2025
Arielle Kane has dedicated her career to improving the health of mothers and babies.