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April 10, 2019

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seems to have a problem answering direct questions with direct answers — at least when testifying before Congress.

DeVos was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify about her department's policies and priorities before the House Committee on Education and Labor and was asked repeatedly to provide yes-or-no answers to questions. She rarely did.

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) talked about several issues, sometimes getting direct answers from DeVos, sometimes not.

Issues:Civil Rights

April 10, 2019
I’m troubled by Sec. DeVos’ answers to my questions during today’s hearing.

April 8, 2019
Students pursue higher education to work toward a brighter future, but too often the burden of student loan debt holds them back from reaching their full potential.

April 8, 2019

Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) has an idea for how to battle ocean acidification: Give prizes to the people who come up with the best ideas.

A House Science, Space and Technology panel will vote tomorrow on Kilmer's bipartisan bill, H.R. 1921, the "Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2019."


April 7, 2019

In a scathing attack on the Trump administration's immigration policies, Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have called them xenophobic, abhorrent, un-American, and have pledged to protect the human rights of those seeking refuge and asylum in the US.

Issues:Civil Rights

April 7, 2019

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, a longtime advocate of adding the arts to science education, got a firsthand look at what students are learning.

Bonamici stopped Friday at Imlay Elementary School in Hillsboro, where fourth-grade students of Brooke Godfrey were learning about fish. The lesson, taught by environmental educator Tonya McLean of the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, gave students an opportunity to pick up a fish.


April 5, 2019

The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis held its first-ever hearing on Thursday.

The bi-partisan committee took an unusual approach by calling on young leaders from around the country to testify, instead of hearing from typical experts in the field.

18-year-old Aji Piper is suing the U.S. government over climate change.

Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici says it was important to hear from young people.

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April 4, 2019
As we consider future budgets and appropriations, we must adjust spending levels to respond to the latest science and to repeated calls from the scientific community to invest in efforts to meaningfully address climate change.

April 3, 2019

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici will hold six town hall meetings in five northwest Oregon counties, beginning at 11 a.m. April 13 in the Melrose Hall Ice Auditorium on the campus of Linfield College in McMinnville. After stops in Portland and Astoria, Bonamici will next appear locally at 6 p.m. April 18 in the gym at Gaston Junior/Senior High School, then at 6 p.m. April 23 in the auditorium at Hillsboro High School.


April 3, 2019

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici will host two town halls in western Washington County this month, with stops in Gaston and Hillsboro.

On Friday, Bonamici announced six town halls in Washington, Yamhill and Clatsop and Columbia counties.