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November is diabetes awareness month, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) is taking the opportunity to highlight the high cost of insulin in Oregon's First Congressional District. In a report from the House Oversight and Reform Committee commissioned by the congresswoman, prices for the 50 most popular brand-name prescription drugs to manage diabetes in NW Oregon were compared to the same drugs in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
The Washington County commissioner and former Hillsboro mayor keynoted the county's Veterans Day ceremony.
The father of U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Beaverton also served in the Navy.
"I want to assure everyone that this is a coincidence," she said as the audience laughed.
Bonamici quoted from a 1963 Veterans Day proclamation by President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated just 11 days later, that the day is meant to honor men and women who have served in war and who also seek peace with "patience, perseverance and courage."
Many organizations representing the interests of older adults were thrilled with the U.S. House's passage Monday of HR 4334, the Dignity in Aging Act of 2019, which reauthorizes the Older Americans Act. The leadership of Oregon Rep. Suzanne Bonamici on behalf of this bill was distinct and decisive. She chaired the subcommittee that produced the bill. Further, she ensured two things about the legislation and the process: It would be bipartisan and involve input from stakeholders.
Oregon businesses are known for creativity, authenticity and irreverence. Columbia Sportswear's Gert Boyle exuded all three.
Friday is the last day for the public to comment on a proposed rule change by the Trump administration that would eliminate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, or food stamps, for more than 3 million people.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture also recently admitted that the plan would mean that almost a million children would no longer automatically qualify for free school lunches.
Bills that would reauthorize the Older Americans Act and improve improve education and training in geriatrics passed in the House of Representatives on Monday. They now move to the Senate for consideration.
Almost 11 million older adults and their paid and unpaid caregivers would be supported by the bipartisan Dignity in Aging Act (H.R. 4334), which would amend and reauthorize for five years the Older Americans Act, according to Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), the legislation's sponsor.