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“Many of my colleagues claim to care about the rise of antisemitism in this country, but when white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Va., with burning torches and chanting, ‘Jews will not replace us,’ the president at the time, Donald Trump, said, ‘There were very fine people on both sides,’ ” said Rep.
United States Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici was in Tillamook for stops at Adventist Health Tillamook and the county courthouse on April 24.
Bonamici tried to appeal to Republicans by offering a fiscal argument.
Oregon Democratic Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici spoke outside the high court this week, urging justices to rule against the city.
“Housing, not handcuffs, is the direction we need to go,” Rep. Bonamici said.
Bonamici says fining or jailing people traps them in a cycle that makes it harder for them to find housing.
Attendees at Monday’s discussion talked about what changes they would like to see with the federal government’s student loan system to make it work better for students. Accountability and simplification were the keywords thrown out again and again.
“I talk all the time with students who, even though they have enough (from various sources) to have their tuition covered, do not have enough to live on to pay their rent or go for food,” she said.
Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke, along with Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore), went to the Countryman Estates in Forest Grove, the future site of Habitat for Humanity’s eight planned new homes.
Berke said the USDA has a vested interest in this kind of project and is offering up more than $300,000 to make it happen.
“The extra money gave them financial breathing room. Instead of deciding between rent and child care, school supplies or food on the table, families could cover their immediate needs and think about the future in a positive way,” Bonamici said.
“This is a deliberate attack on the autonomy of patients to make their own decisions with their healthcare providers and with their families,” said U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.). “At the core of the case is the abortion and miscarriage management pill mifepristone — often taken with another drug to end early pregnancy.”
“We know that medical decisions must be based on science, not politics. They must be made by patients, not politicians,” said Bonamici, a Democrat from Beaverton who has been in the House since 2012.
“I am a member of Congress. I signed up to make tough decisions. But one decision I should never make is whether and when someone who is not me should bear a child.”