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March 8, 2017 Press Release

Bipartisan Members Introduce Legislation to Expand Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children

March 7, 2017 Press Release
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici released the following statement after a bomb threat was received at Mittleman Jewish Community Center.
March 7, 2017 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC [03/07/17] – Today Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), the Vice Ranking Member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, and Ryan Costello (R-PA), along with Representatives Peter Welch (D-VT), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Seth Moulton (D

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March 2, 2017 Press Release
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici released the following statement calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign.
March 1, 2017 Press Release
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, the Vice Ranking Member of the Education Committee, stood up for student loan borrowers as the House passed a bill that threatens important federal protections for borrowers.
February 28, 2017 Press Release
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici announced six town hall meetings across the First Congressional District, which includes Washington, Yamhill, Clatsop, and Columbia counties and part of Multnomah County.
February 24, 2017 Press Release
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici announced that Mark Mitsui, President of Portland Community College (PCC), will be her guest at President Trump’s address to a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, February 28.
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February 17, 2017 Press Release
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, the Ranking Member of the Environment Subcommittee of the House Science Committee and Co-Chair of the House Oceans Caucus, issued this statement after the Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt.
February 15, 2017 Press Release
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici are leading the charge in Congress to stand up to efforts that threaten the ability of states like Oregon to offer retirement savings plans to workers.
February 15, 2017 Press Release
Reps. Jared Huffman and Suzanne Bonamici introduced the American Savings Account Act to provide a new savings tool to all American workers, even those without employer retirement plans, to help them save for a strong and secure retirement.

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February 22, 2019 In The News

"When something like that happens, it's chaos in the first place," Scappoose Police Chief Norm Miller told city councilors Tuesday evening, Feb. 19, during a review of how his department has worked with schools to develop a safety plan in the event of an active shooter situation.

February 21, 2019 In The News

As state lawmakers eye another run at health care reforms aimed at helping community hospitals and enabling scope of practice changes while preserving the current system’s framework, Congressman James McGovern is looking to overhaul the entire health care system.

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February 21, 2019 In The News

Nearly 50 House Democrats are calling on a top government watchdog to investigate the force-feeding of immigrant detainees who have been on hunger strikes in protest of abusive conditions and prolonged imprisonment.

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February 21, 2019 In The News

Oregon congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici met with seniors who eat at the Meals on Wheels People center in Beaverton.

Rep. Bonamici says she wanted to hear firsthand how people are benefitting from the program, as well as see how much they care about it.

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February 20, 2019 In The News

With the decadesold Violence Against Women Act left out of a recent funding bill, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici met with staff of The Harbor in Astoria on Tuesday to discuss how the decision could impact the organization and the services it provides around domestic violence and sexual assault in Clatsop County.

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February 20, 2019 In The News

As a congresswoman and a student activist with a generation between us, we may have different perspectives, but we both agree wholeheartedly that we cannot accept gun violence as normal. Every day, 100 people lose their lives to gun violence. That is tragic and unacceptable. We must take action.

February 20, 2019 In The News

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February 19, 2019 In The News

Nearly 50 Democratic lawmakers called for a watchdog investigation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday after the agency confirmed it had been force-feeding immigrant detainees on a hunger strike.

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February 18, 2019 In The News

Salem teacher Jamie Keene went to urgent care early this year after one of her fourth-grade students caused her to pull a muscle in her back.

With 33 students in her class at Schirle Elementary, Keene said one regularly hits her, pulls her hair and twists her arms when he gets overstimulated in class. He'd benefit from more individual attention and a smaller class, she said.

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February 14, 2019 In The News

A compromise on border and immigration enforcement cleared the Senate on Thursday, giving President Donald Trump just a sliver of the money he wanted for his border wall. The White House said Trump would sign the bill and then declare a national emergency to try to shift money to wall-building from elsewhere in the federal budget.

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