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Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vice Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, released the following statement in response to Secretary DeVos' announcement that the Department of Education will provide partial relief to many students who have been defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges.
Oregon's lawmakers are dividing along predictable partisan lines in the debate whether the tax bill racing through Congress would help or hurt the state.
All four of the Oregon's Democrats voted Tuesday against a measure they complain is weighted too heavily in favor of large corporations and the wealthy.
Republican Rep. Greg Walden countered that a large majority of Oregonians would get a tax cut and that it would also spur business investment.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) convened a roundtable discussion about legislation in Congress that will affect college affordability and access to higher education. Oregon higher education leaders shared their concerns about the negative consequences for Oregon students, colleges and universities, and student loan borrowers from the Republican tax bill and a new partisan bill to rewrite the Higher Education Act.
The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday announced the lawmakers that will serve on the subcommittee charged with investigating sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas).
Washington County's entire representation in Congress has called on President Donald Trump to resign, amid allegations of sexual misconduct prior to last November's election.
U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici — who represents Washington County in Oregon's 1st Congressional District — have called for the president to step down after more than a dozen women claimed the president made inappropriate advances before he became president.
The Chairwoman, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC 5th), of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce pledged on Tuesday to work with members of the Committee to address concerns about a major higher education bill that could harm how colleges and universities respond to campus sexual assault.
Bonamici speaks out on Republican tax plan
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, along with nearly 50 other Democratic lawmakers, signed a joint letter urging that the Republican tax plan change to support public schools and investments in higher education.