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"I never thought I'd do heroin," Steve Bowman told a panel of staff and lawmakers Tuesday.

Bowman, a recovering addict, was one of a few people who shared his story and experiences navigating addiction treatment during a visit from U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, at Columbia Community Mental Health offices Tuesday morning, Jan. 23.

A group of students at Scappoose Middle School were given the chance to meet Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici earlier this week.

Bonamici, who represents Oregon's 1st Congressional District, made a visit to the school Tuesday, Jan. 23, and took a short tour of the school's STEM Lab, spoke with students, and spent time observing seventh-graders learning to run a vinyl cutter and printer as part of their design and modeling class elective.

STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math.

Lawmakers, including many from Oregon and Washington, are sending a message to the White House in defense of the legal marijuana industry.

Senators Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, Suzanne Bonamici, Pramila Jayapal, Adam Smith and Denny Heck were among 54 members of Congress who sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to respect the wish of voters who legalized marijuana.

As technology advances and permeates most aspects of society, several lawmakers are urging President Donald Trump to appoint a scientific adviser and the staff needed to support the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

It's clear, as we mark the one-year mark of the Donald Trump show, that the Official Dislike list includes immigrants, many of the countries they come from, corporate taxes and reporters who ask annoying questions.

But there is also a clear dislike, and multiple moves against, the nation's higher education institutions, part of what The Atlantic calls "The Republican War on College."

This regime is deeply suspicious of people who think they know something.