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Bonamici supported the Delivering for America Act, bipartisan legislation that passed in the U.S. House in August to block changes at the Postal Service made this year and provide $25 billion in funding to the agency. The bill would also require that official election mail be treated as first-class mail.

Wyden said he will work to find bipartisan support to bring the bill to the U.S Senate floor.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici — Democrats of Oregon — stood side by side with U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Washington state Republican, to extol the benefits of the project to the region.

"They're not just rocks in the water," Wyden said. "They are linchpins for navigation. Without those jetties … we cannot have big league quality of life and job creation. It just simply doesn't happen."

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici also released a statement.

"Last night a man was killed in Portland. We do not know all of the details about what happened yet, but we do know that it followed days and weeks and years of hostile comments from President Trump designed to divide our country. A caravan devoted to his cause came to Portland yesterday with the intent to further inflame tensions, endangering our city. At the end of the night, a tragedy occurred. I send my condolences to the victim's family for their loss.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, a Democrat who represents Washington County, met with small business owners in downtown Hillsboro on Thursday to talk to them about funding they've received.

"Our small businesses are a really critical part of our economy and our community, and I want to make sure that we can help them get through these tough times and survive," Bonamici said.