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Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) has an idea for how to battle ocean acidification: Give prizes to the people who come up with the best ideas.
In a scathing attack on the Trump administration's immigration policies, Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have called them xenophobic, abhorrent, un-American, and have pledged to protect the human rights of those seeking refuge and asylum in the US.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, a longtime advocate of adding the arts to science education, got a firsthand look at what students are learning.
The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis held its first-ever hearing on Thursday.
The bi-partisan committee took an unusual approach by calling on young leaders from around the country to testify, instead of hearing from typical experts in the field.
18-year-old Aji Piper is suing the U.S. government over climate change.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici will hold six town hall meetings in five northwest Oregon counties, beginning at 11 a.m. April 13 in the Melrose Hall Ice Auditorium on the campus of Linfield College in McMinnville. After stops in Portland and Astoria, Bonamici will next appear locally at 6 p.m. April 18 in the gym at Gaston Junior/Senior High School, then at 6 p.m.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici will host two town halls in western Washington County this month, with stops in Gaston and Hillsboro.
On Friday, Bonamici announced six town halls in Washington, Yamhill and Clatsop and Columbia counties.
Oregon Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici met at a Bethany fire station March 21 to talk about the continuing dangers of asbestos with an invited panel of Oregon labor leaders.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici plans a spring series of town hall meetings in the 1st Congressional District of northwest Oregon.
Three are scheduled for Washington and Multnomah counties. All start at 6 p.m.
They are:
• Monday, April 15, Friendly House gym, 1727 N.W. 26th Ave., Portland.
• Thursday, April 18, Gaston Junior/Senior High School gym, 300 Park St., Gaston.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told a Congressional committee on Tuesday that President Trump's accelerated timeline to put humans back on the Moon is within the space agency's capabilities, and that a revved-up lunar mission will improve the odds of American astronauts reaching Mars by 2033.
Twice in nine months, at least three members of Oregon's congressional delegation have paid a visit to a little-known school in Salem run by the federal government.