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Information regarding my stance on Jobs and Economy issues.

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.

January 24, 2025
We write today to express our firm expectation that Providence will engage in good faith bargaining as it seeks to settle contracts with nearly 5,000 doctors, certified nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and clinical staff in the Providence system across the state of Oregon.

October 3, 2024
We write today to support Treasury’s proposed rule to expand the LICBC Program into additional clean energy technologies with a greenhouse gas emissions rate of zero or less.

September 19, 2024
Educators, parents, and health professionals have told me that they are seeing more students struggle with mental health and substance use challenges, especially after pandemic-related social isolation.

August 8, 2024
Letter from Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Hoyle, Salinas: “We stand ready to welcome you to our state, celebrate the progress made in the past two years, and share our vision for the future of Oregon’s semiconductor industry.”

July 19, 2024

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici talked ports, arts and coastal resilience during a visit on Thursday that included a stop at the North Coast Land Conservancy’s Circle Creek Conservation Center.