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Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) introduced a resolution that urges the House of Representatives to pass a "robust" legislation that would give all children and families access to high-quality, affordable child care and early education. The legislation should ensure that no family has to pay "more than 7 percent of their income" for child care and that families most in need will pay nothing, according to the resolution. It should also guarantee child care workers a "living wage," among other investment suggestions.

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh toured the NECA/IBEW Local 48 training center in Portland March 24 and heard about efforts to bring more women into the building trades. That's a familiar cause for Walsh, who as head of the Boston Building Trades unions created a program that brings women and minorities into the building trades. At the training center, Walsh was joined by Governor Kate Brown and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer.

Linda Reinstein is co-founder and president of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO). Faye Park is president of Public Interest Research Group (PIRG).

Although Congress has yet to pass the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) Act, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) continue to champion the bill for reintroduction. If passed, the ARBAN Act would prevent thousands of Americans like Alan from suffering or dying from asbestos exposure.

Oregon U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-District 1, says the state is leading the way in the shift toward clean energy. Bonamici, who works on the Select Committee for Climate Crisis, says she's working to get federal funding to boost manufacturing.

Walsh, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries Val Hoyle toured PCC's portion of the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center. Walsh, Bonamici and Hoyle — all of whom started their post-secondary education at community colleges — spoke about the need for pathways to living-wage jobs outside of a four-year college degree.

The visit follows Walsh's recent announcement of the Department of Labor's "Good Jobs Initiative," a coordinated effort by the Biden-Harris administration to improve job quality nationwide with the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed on Nov. 15, 2021. Walsh was scheduled to first join Rep. Suzanne Bonamici for a tour of the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center, an applied research and development and workforce training center, which serves the region's advanced manufacturers.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited Oregon on Thursday to talk about the value and importance of workforce training in strengthening the nation's economy. He met with several elected leaders, including Gov. Kate Brown, U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici visited the Silver Years Adult Day Care Center in Beaverton on Tuesday, March 22, to address the Russian-speaking community on the war in Ukraine. Cherevatenko said the community was happy to hear that Bonamici was fully "on board" with what the community hopes for Ukraine during the war. Bonamici said she supports U.S. aid to Ukraine, U.S. cooperation with other European and NATO allies, and implementing sanctions against Russia, which attacked Ukraine without provocation in late February.