Press Releases

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today released the following statement on the need for Congress to extend emergency unemployment compensation.

About 1.3 million Americans, including nearly 18,000 Oregonians, lost their unemployment assistance at the end of December because Congress has not extended the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program. Additionally, if the program is not extended about 5 million more Americans will not get benefits in 2014.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) released a new county-by-county breakdown of the number of people in Oregon who would immediately lose all of their unemployment insurance on Dec. 28 if Congress fails to extend the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program. Republicans last week blocked an effort by House Democrats to extend the program into 2014.

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today released the following statement on the passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act for fiscal year 2014.

Washington, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Committee today unanimously approved two bills Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced earlier this year to address tsunami debris landing on the Pacific Northwest Coast. The Tsunami Debris Cleanup Reimbursement Act, H.R. 1491, would allow the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to refund Oregon, other states, and local and tribal governments for tsunami debris cleanup expenses using $5 million in funding donated by the government of Japan. The Marine Debris Emergency Act, H.R.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) are leading an effort to add language to a reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act to recognize and support the value of integrating arts and design into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). The duo, along with 26 other House members from both sides of the aisle, today sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology urging inclusion of provisions supportive of STEAM.

Washington, D.C.—Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today announced that she has been selected to serve on the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, & Pensions (HELP). She will depart the subcommittee on Workforce Protections, but remain on the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

“I look forward to working with members of the HELP subcommittee to protect and strengthen the employment and labor laws that are essential to well-being of Oregon’s working families,” said Bonamici.

Beaverton, Ore.— Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today released the following statement about her vote against the so-called Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013.

Beaverton, Ore.—Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today released the following statement calling on Oregon Insurance Commissioner Laura Cali to implement an administrative fix to halt health insurance policy cancellations related to the implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) standards. President Obama today announced that he is granting states the authority to allow existing plans to temporarily continue.