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U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici talked ports, arts and coastal resilience during a visit on Thursday that included a stop at the North Coast Land Conservancy’s Circle Creek Conservation Center.
In a letter sent Friday, Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, both Democrats, joined with other members of Congress to warn President Biden that homelessness is growing at the same time as criminal penalties.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., accused Republicans of jeopardizing the well-being of sexual misconduct victims while enabling discrimination against LGBTQ+ students.
“This is just an example of the narrow-minded agenda that they have, to take us back to the days when people were in the closet and afraid to be their true selves,” she said.
Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, as well as Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, joined Blumenauer in lauding the investment.
"Portlanders and people across the region rely on 82nd Avenue for their lives and livelihoods," Bonamici said. "Transitioning to low-emission buses will make this corridor a healthier place and improve access to public transportation for the people who live and work there."
Bonamici said she hopes the program’s success in Oregon will attract bipartisan support and ultimately offer a scalable solution for the nationwide homelessness crisis.
“It's a very smart way to quickly and economically increase access to housing and emergency shelter, get people into housing and shelter, and importantly, it includes those support programs that are so important for long-term success,” Bonamici said.
“Housing is the foundation to people’s success. If we want to get people back in the workforce and off the streets, they need a place,” the Democrat from Beaverton said June 6 after meeting with local advocates at the foundation offices in Portland.
Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) added that this facility – which has been in development since 2019 – is important because many people have to travel to other areas of the state to access these services.
“Oregonians who are struggling with substance use disorder, they’ll get a second chance here and a better future,” she said. “And we know what it takes to create that path to recovery and stability and health: Access to coordinated, compassionate culturally specific services and wraparound support.”
“Oregon really has been at the forefront in developing innovative strategies to address the housing shortage and to help people who are experiencing homelessness transition from the street into stable housing,” Bonamici said.
"Oregon really has been at the forefront in developing innovative strategies to address the housing shortage and to help people who are experiencing homelessness transition from the street into stable housing," Bonamici said during a roundtable with some of the organizations that partnered to set up Turnkey operations in Oregon.
“Solving our most complicated and challenging concerns here in Washington County, as well as in our country — that’s going to take all of us working together, the federal delegation, state, local and community partners,” U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici said.