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June 25, 2020

Oregon's Suzanne Bonamici said, "We need the increased transparency and accountability for our law enforcement. We need to ban choke holds and no knock warrants."

The action in the US House came hours after Democrats blocked the Republican version of the police reform bill in the Senate.

The Senate bill's author, Tim Scott of South Carolina, and other GOP members were seething after the Democrats refused to even debate their bill.

Issues:Civil Rights

June 25, 2020
During his service he reached the rank of Technician Fifth Grade and was awarded a Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Silver Star Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts.
Issues:Veterans

June 25, 2020

A lack of safe and affordable child care amid the coronavirus pandemic is keeping many working parents from returning to the office as more companies call employees back to their jobs — threatening to extend the economic crisis and erode decades of gains for women in the workplace.


June 25, 2020

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's congressional delegation is demanding to know whether the federal government is using aircraft to spy on Portland protesters.

U.S. senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and U.S. representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader sent a letter to the U.S. Marshals service regarding a plane that was spotted over the Portland protests on June 13.

Issues:Civil Rights

June 24, 2020

The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 18, rejected the Trump White House's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants via the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.

Issues:Civil Rights

June 24, 2020

Five members of Oregon's congressional delegation are calling on the U.S. Marshals Service to disclose information about airplanes surveilling protesters in Portland and potentially mining their cellphone data.


U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer and Kurt Schrader signed onto a June 24 letter demanding the Marshals Service disclose information about an airplane that circled above Portland over 30 times on June 13 as thousands of protesters marched on the streets below.

Issues:Civil Rights

June 24, 2020
Many Oregonians who have protested are justifiably concerned that their participation in these lawful protests will be logged, recorded, and used against them later by the government.
Issues:Civil Rights

June 24, 2020
Many of the effects of the climate crisis are regional, which is why we need regional solutions to effectively transition to a 100 percent clean energy economy.

June 23, 2020

House Democratic leaders on Monday unveiled the text of a broad $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that includes billions for clean energy and clean water. "Those who don't believe in climate change, tough luck," Transportation Chair Peter DeFazio said when announcing the bill last week. "We're going to deal with it."


June 23, 2020
As our efforts continue to confront the economic and health consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Congress cannot neglect the needs of our coastal communities and the blue economy.