Press Releases

Bonamici Invites Students to Compete in Congressional App Challenge

September 28, 2017

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici announced that her district is participating in the third annual Congressional App Challenge. All students in high school or younger who reside or attend school in the district are eligible and invited to compete.

Issues:Education

Conyers, Lofgren, Bonamici, Blumenauer Press ICE to Investigate Oregon Incident

September 22, 2017

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House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Oregon Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) pressed the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to fully investigate the actions of ICE officers toward a U.S. citizen outside of the Washington County, Oregon Courthouse.

Issues:Civil RightsForeign Affairs and National Security

Blumenauer, Bonamici Urge ICE to Investigate Unjustified Questioning of U.S. Citizen in Washington County

September 20, 2017

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Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici sent a letter to the highest-ranking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official in Oregon urging an investigation into the actions of multiple agents toward a U.S. citizen outside of the Washington County Courthouse on September 18, 2017.

Issues:Civil RightsForeign Affairs and National Security

Bonamici, Wyden, Merkley Join Effort to Help Working Families Access Affordable, High-Quality Child Care

September 14, 2017

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Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined comprehensive legislation to improve child care and early learning programs.

Issues:EducationJobs and Economy

Oregon Delegation Presses Secs. Zinke and Perdue for Additional Resources to Fight Wildfires

September 14, 2017

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Oregon’s Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, and Greg Walden today urged federal land management agencies to heed Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s request for additional fire suppression resources to address 17 large wildfires raging across the state, including two that have been designated as the highest national priority wildfire.

Issues:Energy and Environment

House Includes Bonamici’s Public Education Provisions in Funding Plan

September 13, 2017

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WASHINGTON, DC [09/13/17] – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vice Ranking Member of the House Education Committee, announced that two of her provisions to strengthen public education were included in the House bill to set funding levels for Fiscal Year 2018.

Issues:Education

House Accepts Bipartisan Amendment to Increase Women in Apprenticeships

September 12, 2017

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WASHINGTON, DC [09/12/17] – Today Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) announced that the House has passed their bipartisan amendment to increase the number of women in apprenticeships and improve skills training.

The lawmakers, all members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, are longtime supporters of increasing opportunities for women as a step to help close the skills gap. The amendment increases funding for Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grants.

Issues:EducationJobs and Economy

House Includes Bonamici’s Ocean Research Provisions in Funding Plan

September 12, 2017

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Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, co-chair of the bipartisan Oceans Caucus, announced that her provisions to increase funding for research and monitoring of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and ocean acidification were included in the House bill to set funding levels for Fiscal Year 2018.

Issues:Energy and Environment

Bonamici Announces Six Fall Town Hall Meetings

September 8, 2017

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Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici announces six town hall meetings to be held in North Plains, Tualatin, Yamhill, Columbia City, Portland, and Cannon Beach.

Bonamici Responds to DeVos Replacing Title IX, Campus Sexual Assault Policies

September 7, 2017

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC [09/07/17] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) released the following statement after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the US Department of Education would begin the process of making changes to guidance intended to encourage schools to protect students from campus sexual assaults.

Issues:Civil RightsEducationReproductive Rights