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May 22, 2019

Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D) is pressing the U.S. House of Representatives to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's actions.

Bonamici's call for the impeachment inquiry follows her April 24 town hall in Clatskaine where she was pressed by some members of the audience to take action.


May 22, 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici joined other Democrats calling for an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

Rep. Bonamici released a lengthy statement on Wednesday morning in which she says she's "gravely concerned about the actions of President Trump."

She listed some of his "impeachable offenses" as obstruction of justice, committing human rights violations by separating children from their families and profiting from the presidency.


May 22, 2019

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., says the House of Representatives must begin an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's actions.

In a statement released Wednesday morning, Bonamici said she is gravely concerned about the growing evidence of Trump's possible impeachable offenses. The examples she refers to include obstruction of justice, committing human rights violations by separating children from their families, and profiting from the presidency.


May 22, 2019

WASHINGTON — More Democrats are calling — and more loudly — for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying.

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon is among them. She said Wednesday that the House of Representatives should start an impeachment inquiry.


May 20, 2019

May 20, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – As pro-abortion unrest continues from the latest abortion bans enacted by Alabama and Georgia, Google is rolling out new, stricter rules for pro-life pregnancy centers advertising on its platforms.


May 20, 2019

Teachers and parents of children who died in the care of Chemawa Indian School, or shortly after being removed from the facility, are demanding that Congress hold the Salem boarding school accountable.


May 19, 2019

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici has now endorsed an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

The Oregon Democrat stopped short of that during a town hall meeting last month in Hillsboro, saying only that House committees should continue to press their investigations of him and his administration. "This president is not fit for this office," she said to applause from the audience of 200 at Century High School.


May 17, 2019

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Former teachers at Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon accuse the school of failing to keep students safe.

Educators and parents testified before Congress this week on allegations against the Native American boarding school.

Oregon Rep. Suzanne Bonamici expressed alarm over how the Bureau of Indian Affairs is handling the allegations.

Issues:Education

May 17, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in the House approved sweeping anti-discrimination legislation Friday that would extend civil rights protections to LGBT people by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The protections would extend to employment, housing, loan applications, education, public accommodations and other areas.

Called the Equality Act, the bill is a top priority of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said it will bring the nation "closer to equal liberty and justice for all."

Issues:Civil Rights

May 16, 2019

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Traesa Keith is the mother of a student who died at the Chemawa Indian School, a federally operated Native American boarding school.

She said her daughter had one of the biggest hearts. She also said valuable time was lost because the school assumed her daughter's medical emergency was a student fight.

Oregon representatives Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici even went to the school.