Press Releases

During today’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) asked Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt to explain why the agency has issued only one COVID-19 workplace safety citation during the worst worker safety crisis in recent history.

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with high levels of drought throughout the West, will create unprecedented wildland firefighting challenges in the Pacific Northwest making the 2020 wildfire season potentially one of the most dangerous seasons to date.

It is unacceptable that Sec. DeVos and the Department of Education are causing them even more financial distress by failing to provide adequate oversight of student loan servicers.

Our nation is experiencing unprecedented job loss as our communities deal with a global health pandemic that is responsible for the deaths of more than 85,000 individuals in our country in just the past few months.

I’ve spoken with several Community Action Agencies in Northwest Oregon about the increased demand for their services in light of this pandemic.

The public health crisis precipitated by COVID-19 has further exposed longstanding, deep inequities in our economy and society.

The coronavirus crisis has hit the child care system especially hard, causing widespread layoffs and mandatory closures.

It is not only important for all Americans to have equal access to federal opportunities; it is equally important for the federal government to benefit from the contributions of a diverse group of people in this critical effort to address the largest public health crisis of our time.