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Larsen has "done everything from cleaning the toilets to meeting with (state Sen.) Betsy Johnson and (Congresswoman) Suzanne Bonamici," Jones-Centeno said. "She is on all sides of this thing … That woman has been the force behind the life of the Partners for the PAC."
"She is a force. I wish I had her tenacity and fortitude."
Waisenan retained the right to rename the building if she wanted to. Unknown to Larsen, she chose to rename it the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts.
The new name debuted Monday.
WASHINGTON, DC [06/30/2020] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), the only member of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis from the Pacific Northwest, joined her colleagues in releasing their Climate Action Plan.
And in Oregon, all 36 counties were considered "child care deserts" for infants and toddlers before the pandemic, with only one child care slot for every three children who need care, according to Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici's office.
Bonamici recently released a report called "Child Care in Crisis: Solutions to Support Working Families, Children, and Educators," calling for stabilizing and improving the child care system in Oregon and across the nation.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.J. Res. 76, the veto override. The Obama Administration wrote the original borrower defense rule to provide defrauded students with the debt relief they are entitled to under the Higher Education Act.
Rather than protect students, however, Secretary DeVos rewrote the rule to make it nearly impossible for students who are victimized by deceptive institutions to get the relief they deserve. That is not justice.
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.
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.