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The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change voted unanimously Sept. 26 to move the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 to the full House. The bill is sponsored by Oregon U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Sen. Jeff Merkley.
"It is long past time to protect workers and communities by banning asbestos once and for all, and I look forward to working with the Senate and getting this bill across the finish line," Bonamici said in a press statement.
As Democrats in the House of Representatives begin an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, Western Washington County residents packed the Cornelius Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 2, to ask questions of U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici.
Multiple people asked Bonamici about the topic that has recently dominated national news: impeachment.
"We have a responsibility to hold this administration accountable," Bonamici said.
Friday is National Manufacturing Day and the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center in Columbia County is hosting an event to get high school students interested in manufacturing careers.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici will also speak to students Friday morning.
A 2018 Department of Ed report on the status of the loan program revealed that "of the approximately 29,000 applications that have been processed, more than 70% of them have been denied."
Today, despite efforts to fix the program, that denial rate is even higher.
Interview with Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici has announced she will hold six town hall meetings across Oregon's 1st Congressional District, starting this week.
The first will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, in the Cornelius Public Library. Bonamici will then head to Sheridan, Scappoose, Portland and Gearhart. Her last stop will be at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, at Beaverton's Conestoga Recreation Center.
On Wednesday, the United Nations released an alarming report on global climate change, specifically how the build up of greenhouse gases is impacting the world's oceans and ice. Much of the warmth trapped in Earth's atmosphere by human-made carbon dioxide has been absorbed by the oceans and the impacts have been stark.