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February 11, 2019
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I am disappointed by the comments of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar because they included inflammatory stereotypes about the Jewish community and supporters of Israel.

February 10, 2019

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), joined by Reps. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) José E. Serrano (NY-15), Donald S. Beyer Jr. (VA-08), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), introduced a critical legislative package to protect immigrant rights.

Issues:Civil Rights

February 9, 2019

Statewide leaders are lining up in support of an eco-centric economic stimulus proposal introduced at the U.S. Capitol — while some Portland politicos are pushing for a more-radical solution tailored to the tree-lined streets of Stumptown.


February 8, 2019

Portland State freshman Alexandria Goddard sat in the gallery above Oregon Rep. Suzanne Bonamici in the U.S. House of Representatives Chamber this week hoping to hear President Trump talk about gun violence prevention during his State of the Union address.


February 8, 2019

A pair of prominent Democrats on Thursday released a sweeping and long-awaited measure outlining what they are calling a "Green New Deal." Invoking President Franklin D. Roosevelt's years-long effort to drag the country out of the Great Depression, they are calling for nothing short of a top-to-bottom renovation of the U.S. economy in order to halt man-made climate change.


February 8, 2019

Portland's representatives in Congress, Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, and Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley—all Democrats—have all signed onto the Green New Deal, a resolution that outlines an ambitious approach for addressing climate change.


February 8, 2019

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici is one of nine new Democrats on a revived House select committee on climate change.

Her appointment Thursday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the latest in a series of assignments that have resulted in the first subcommittee chairmanship for the Beaverton Democrat in her seven years in the 1st District congressional seat of northwest Oregon.


February 7, 2019
We were disturbed to hear ongoing reports of hunger strikes at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. We were equally troubled to learn that several of these individuals are being forced-fed.
Issues:Civil Rights