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Jobs and Economy

Information regarding my stance on Jobs and Economy issues.

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January 22, 2018
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) made the following statement about reopening of the federal government.

January 18, 2018
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici issued the following statement after voting against a proposal to fund the government for one month.

January 17, 2018
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici issued the following statement in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s announcement that they will reconsider their payday lending rule and remove or relax protections that stop predatory payday lenders from cheating consumers.

January 15, 2018

Sen. Jeff Merkley released the following statement after reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rescind key federal policy that has effectively allowed states to determine their own cannabis laws:


December 22, 2017

Senator Ron Wyden and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, and Kurt Schrader congratulated Oregon State University on securing a $673,000 federal grant through NOAA Fisheries to study the effects of ocean acidification on the shellfish industry.


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GOP Tax Plan is Reprehensible
December 19, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

December 13, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici stood up against efforts to roll back federal higher education policies that support low-income students.

December 8, 2017
Today Education and the Workforce Vice Ranking Member Suzanne Bonamici, Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott, and 45 Democrats stood up for public education and urged tax bill conferees to mitigate the harmful aspects of the current tax proposal and instead advance a tax plan that supports public schools and investments in higher education.

December 6, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici highlighted Oregon’s leadership on family-friendly workplace policies that provide workers with paid sick days and predictable schedules.

December 6, 2017

As SolarWorld Americas Inc. and its Hillsboro workforce await a Trump administration decision that could spell their fate, politicians are staking out unpredictable positions on the company's high-profile trade case.