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The House Science Committee invited a panel of ocean researchers and technologists to testify at a subcommittee hearing last week on their exploration goals and Congress' role in promoting the field. Discussion focused on opportunities for decreasing the cost of exploration technology through unmanned systems, increasing partnerships with the private sector and other countries, and inspiring the public about the oceans.
BEAVERTON, OR – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and state and county leaders gathered at Virginia Garcia Wellness Center for a progress report on their work to address the opioid crisis.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) has already observed damaging environmental changes at home—like the change in seawater chemistry that is harming her state's shellfish industry.
"I represent the amazingly beautiful Oregon north coast," Bonamici told Bloomberg Environment. "We realized that ocean acidification was affecting that industry, and then really started looking at ocean acidification and realizing we really need to do something about it."
A bill by Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Posey to study the acidification of estuaries including the Indian River Lagoon was approved Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
"We are here collectively to send a message that reproductive care is health care, that access to a safe abortion is health care, that health care is a right, and we stand together to fight for that right and we're going to win," Merkley said.
After Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Wednesday morning remarks, several members of Oregon's congressional delegation joined a growing chorus on Capitol Hill calling for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.