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RIDDLE: Suzanne Bonamici is a Democratic congresswoman in Oregon. She recently proposed legislation that would require colleges to let students know when they qualify for SNAP. She has personal experience with the issue.
BONAMICI: When I was a community college student years ago, if I had not had - was then called food stamps, I would have been really hungry.
LGBTQ topics and critical race theory in schools also proved to be sources of tension.
Pedestrian safety was the topic of Friday’s event in Beaverton. The representative presented a $4 million check to Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty for a new project, called the Beaverton loop.
On the evening of Jan. 13, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici was leaving a Shabbat Service for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr hosted by Congressional Beth Israel in Northwest Portland. While crossing the street, in a crosswalk and with a green light, the congresswoman and her husband were hit by a car.
In her first public appearance since she was struck by a car while crossing a street in Northwest Portland, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici announced funding for a new project that would support pedestrian safety in her congressional district.
"As someone who walks, I'm someone who cares a lot about makes safe options available for people who aren't in cars," Bonamici said.
“We’re going to see a huge decline I think at our colleges, especially the community colleges, for spring term,” Bode said. “(Students) are terrified, absolutely terrified and I don’t blame them.”
U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici hosted a Friday roundtable at Portland State University to discuss food insecurity on Portland area campuses with students, faculty and staff.
Bonamici is set to introduce the “Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act” to Congress, which is meant to help students overcome barriers in accessing SNAP benefits.
Higher education administrators and students told U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici harrowing firsthand accounts about how hunger is gripping Oregon's college campuses and preventing degrees during a roundtable discussion at Portland State University on Friday, Jan. 13.