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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday introduced a new climate change resolution with aims to bring the progressive Green New Deal to life legislatively and push the U.S. to take a lead role in reducing carbon emissions through the economy.
Oregon Rep. Suzanne Bonamici on Thursday was appointed to a high-profile committee focused on combating climate change.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the appointment of Bonamici and seven other Democrats to the new panel on a day that also saw the release of the Green New Deal, a sweeping legislative resolution that calls for moving the economy away from fossil fuels.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Thursday she does not feel Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) snubbed her by not putting her on a new special climate change committee.
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A recent Sunset High School alumna, Alexandria Goddard, attended President Trump's State of the Union speech Tuesday evening at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Goddard was the guest of Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, whose district includes Beaverton and much of Washington County.
"It was absolutely amazing," Goddard said Wednesday. "I got to meet people who I'm going to have to call heroes. Seriously."