Press Releases
June 13, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici led a group of more than 150 Members of Congress in opposing Education Secretary DeVos’s decision to remove key requirements from student loan servicing contracts.
Issues:Consumer ProtectionEducation
June 8, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) voted against legislation that guts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and rolls back protections of 2010’s Dodd-Frank financial reform law. The bill would limit the ability of financial regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Stability Oversight Council, to prohibit the risky financial practices that led to the Great Recession.
June 6, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. introduced bipartisan legislation that will make it easier for students with disabilities to access special education services in college and earn a degree or credential.
Issues:Education
May 25, 2017
Rep. Peter King and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici announced the establishment of a bipartisan Elder Justice Caucus. The Caucus will help to unify a voice in Congress by bringing together members with a shared interest in preventing elder abuse.
Issues:Consumer ProtectionSeniors
May 24, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici called out House leadership after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its assessment of the costs of the health care legislation that passed the House earlier this month.
Issues:Health Care
May 23, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, Vice Ranking Member of the Education and the Workforce Committee and Top Democrat on the Environment Subcommittee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal.
May 22, 2017
Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, joined by Representatives Peter DeFazio, Suzanne Bonamici, and Earl Blumenauer, urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support essential dredging and maintenance of Oregon’s small ports.
May 22, 2017
Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici and Carolyn B. Maloney reintroduced legislation to protect the rights of women to receive honest information about family planning services
Issues:Reproductive Rights
May 18, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Congressman Joe Crowley introduced legislation to give states and cities the authority to create and run retirement savings programs for workers in the private sector who do not have plans through their employers.
May 17, 2017
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici applauded the House Education and the Workforce Committee for passing a bipartisan update to federal Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.
Issues:EducationJobs and Economy