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Oceans cover more than 70 percent of our planet and are home to more than a thousand species of marine life. Oceans generate the oxygen that we breathe. They regulate our climate and provide healthy meals for people daily. Coastal communities rely on healthy oceans—as do shellfish, fish, marine mammals, birds, and ecosystems around the world. June 8 is World Oceans Day which serves a reminder that regardless of where we live or our political party, we must remain committed to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild our ocean resources.
WASHINGTON — Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, denied on Wednesday that Trump administration policies were driving up health insurance costs, which many experts expect to surge again in 2019.
From Portland Community College:The Coalition of Adult Basic Education (COABE) gave Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici its highest honor and did it at Portland Community College.
Oregon Democratic Rep. Suzanne Bonamici questions H.H.S. Sec. Alex Azar about the policy of separating children and parents when arrested at the border: "Is the policy of separating children from their parents in the best interest of those children?"
H.H.S. Sec. Alex Azar responds: "Individual children are separated from their parents only when those parents cross the border illegally and are arrested. We can't have children with parents who are in incarceration, so they are given to me."
During a congressional hearingWednesday, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar testified in front of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce on the "policies and priorities of the U.S.
BEAVERTON, Ore. [06/01/18] – Congresswoman Bonamici met with Oregon Food Bank leaders and partner agency stakeholders to discuss the harmful cuts to nutrition programs currently under consideration as Congress considers the Farm Bill.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici pledged to continue opposition to legislation renewing federal support for crop prices and food aid unless the bill is changed to make it less onerous to people in need.
"There is no reason in America for anybody to be hungry," said Bonamici, a Democrat from Beaverton who represents the 1st District of northwest Oregon. "It's not that we don't have the resources. It's a matter of priorities and making it happen."
She made the comments Friday, June 1, to Oregon Food Bank advocates and allies at the food bank's west branch in Beaverton.
On National Dam Safety Awareness Day, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) toured Scoggins Dam and received an update about federally-funded safety and storage improvements to the dam currently being studied by Clean Water Services and the Bureau of Reclamation. Scoggins Dam is one of the most seismically vulnerable facilities in the Bureau's inventory.