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“There’s nothing political about this,” Bonamici told KMUN on Friday during a visit to the Columbia Memorial construction site. “This is saving lives and property. The more we can convince the administration that, number one, these are dollars that have already been committed and projects underway, but also that…this is not a political issue: This is exactly what FEMA should be doing and could be doing.”
“HHS Secretary Kennedy’s decision to eliminate ACL is unacceptable and will be harmful to the millions of Americans who benefit from essential programs like Meals on Wheels,” Bonamici said in a statement. “We are demanding answers about why and how Secretary Kennedy made this harmful decision and will keep up the pressure until it is reversed.”
A group of Oregon lawmakers has requested the U.S. Department of Commerce to declare a federal fishery resource disaster for the 2024 Oregon Troll Salmon Fishery.
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined U.S. representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum in making the request as “the declaration is critical to provide economic relief to Oregon’s fisheries and coastal communities.”
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led the Oregon delegation – including U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05) – in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, condemning the Trump Administration’s decision to eliminate the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon delegation—Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)—in urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to declare a federal fishery resource disaster for the 2024 Oregon troll salmon fishery.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tina Smith (D-MN) today introduced a pair of bicameral bills aimed at improving access to nutritious meals for children in child care settings by making critical updates to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).