Press Releases
June 6, 2016
Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, Governor Kate Brown and Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici released the following statement today calling for a temporary halt to oil train traffic in Columbia River Gorge in light of last Friday’s derailment of a Union Pacific oil train in Mosier, OR.
Issues:Energy and Environment
June 6, 2016
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, a member of the House Education Committee, urged Congressional leaders to protect students after reports that students were exposed to lead at some schools in the Portland Public School district.
Issues:Education
June 2, 2016
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici issued the following statement after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a draft rule to protect consumers from predatory lending practices and crack down on some of the worst abuses in the industry.
Issues:Consumer Protection
May 26, 2016
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Congressman Rodney Davis introduced a bipartisan resolution to express the support of Congress for the ‘whole child’ approach to education.
Issues:Education
May 25, 2016
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici successfully added an amendment to increase funding for water power technology to the Department of Energy’s funding bill.
Issues:Energy and Environment
May 11, 2016
PORTLAND, OR [05/11/16]–This week, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) hosted Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA)—the top Democrat on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce—for a series of meetings in NW Oregon. You can download photos of the visit here.
Issues:EducationJobs and Economy
April 26, 2016
Photography by Lily Emory to be Displayed in US Capitol for One Year
Issues:Education
April 25, 2016
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici will continue her Spring Town Hall Meeting Series in Newberg, Portland, and Sherwood.
April 21, 2016
Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Elijah E. Cummings introduced legislation to protect consumers from predatory lending practices and crack down on some of the worst abuses in the industry.
Issues:Consumer Protection
April 19, 2016
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici made the following statement after President Obama signed into law an update to the Older Americans Act (OAA), which delivers nutritional and social services to millions of older adults.
Issues:Seniors