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On Feb. 5, 2019, thanks to Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, I got to do something most people will not do in a lifetime: I attended President Trump's State of the Union address.
I met well-known leaders during my trip. I met several congresswomen and men, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Parkland survivor and activist Cameron Kasky.
Today, Feb. 14, marks the one-year anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, shootings.
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.
Democrats won a majority in the 2018 election, giving them control of the chamber — and as a Democrat in the House's majority party for the first time, Bonamici has gained new prominence.
Today the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee is holding the first meaningful hearing on climate change in years. The science is clear and the findings from the recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Fourth National Climate Assessment are more than a wakeup call; they are alarming.
Twelve years.
That's how long we have until the devastating effects of climate change become irreversible, according to the fourth National Climate Assessment released in November. It isn't a lot of time, especially when viewed through the lens of politics and bureaucracy. Especially when the political party that controls most of D.C. remains willfully ignorant to the threats climate change poses.
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.
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.
he prospect of a major seismic disaster occurring along the Oregon Coast is undeniable.
In an attempt to face the inevitable, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, as one of his first official acts as Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, introduced and passed legislation in the House to create an early earthquake warning system for the coastline of the Northwestern United States.
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.
Instead, the president focused on the economy and immigration, repeating his calls for Congress to authorize funding for a wall on the southwestern border.