Trade

U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer toured a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Beaverton with U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici on Thursday, June 30.

Bonamici brought Hoyer to visit Analog Devices' facility off Southwest Murray Boulevard and Jenkins Road during his tour across the state, she said, to show her support for Analog Devices and the semiconductor industry.

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, is one of five members of Oregon's congressional delegation who serves on the conference committee working on the legislation. She said the fact that committee has been meeting is a sign of progress and said she's optimistic Congress will meet Hoyer's August deadline for passing a bill.

Ukrainian refugees and their families in the Portland region fear a Russian invasion of their homeland will kill relatives who still live there and destroy the country's emerging democracy. Oregon First District Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici is among local leaders supporting sanctions against Russia.

Katherine Tai

Chief trade counsel, House Ways & Means Committee

U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici were among those named by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to a working group on the agreement, which was amended to deal with concerns House Democrats raised on labor and environmental standards, drug pricing and enforcement provisions.

In a statement timed with the Dec. 19 vote, Bonamici said this:

The full U.S. Senate could soon vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Trump administration's new version of NAFTA. The House of Representatives passed the trade deal with a 385 to 41 vote count in December, and the Senate Finance Committee advanced the bill last week.

There were audible sighs of relief in Oregon's business community after congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump reached an agreement on a new trade pact replacing NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.