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Wyden said he's working on a bill that would provide $175 billion for elementary and secondary education to provide for digital programming, technology and other materials. He also wants the Legislature to provide $1 billion to provide broadband access to rural communities.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici stopped by a fire station in Tigard on Labor Day — her visits to firehouses are part of her holiday rounds — and talked about issues of interest to first responders and others during the coronavirus pandemic.

"People think it's Labor Day, and everybody is off having a picnic," Bonamici told reporters after meeting crews at Station 50 of Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. "But in fact, firefighters and other first responders are working hard today and every day — and I want to thank them.

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."