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PORTLAND, Ore. – An Oregon lawmaker says an Iranian baby once barred from entering the U.S. to receive heart surgery because of President Donald Trump's travel ban continues to do well since undergoing an operation in Portland in February.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici shared photos on social media of Fatemeh Reshad taken at her Beaverton office and wrote that the girl, now about a year old, is "thriving" since her surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University's Doernbecher Children's Hospital to correct a heart defect.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici is taking entries in the third-annual Congressional App Challenge.
The challenge has students use coding and computer science to create and exhibit a software application for mobile, tablet or other computers on a platform of their choice.
"Participating in the Congressional App Challenge will require creative thinking and technology skills so students will be engaging both halves of the brain," Bonamici said in a release.
WASHINGTON, D.C., – On Tuesday, national leaders voiced their concerns about education in local schools.
A rally was held on Capitol Hill where lawmakers, community organizations and teachers said they have doubts about the Trump Administration's education policies.
Educators, students and lawmakers are demanding action from Washington, D.C.
Organizers of the rally have concerns about policies under the Trump administration.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, said efforts to shift funding hurts students.
Nine years ago, when the country plunged into an economic recession, nurseries in Washington County had little trouble finding the workers needed to power one of Oregon's most important exporters.
Around one-third of nurseries folded in that time, but for those who survived the recession, the business looks far different now. The economy is on the rise, nearing record-low unemployment levels in Washington County in the last year, and like the summer landscape, the nursery workforce is drying up.
YAMHILL — First District Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici would really like to meet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Bonamici told participants in a Sept. 18 town hall audience in Yamhill that most secretaries of education pay frequent visits to the House education committee, on which she serves. But she said DeVos, confirmed by the Senate Feb. 7 on a 51-50 vote, requiring the vice president to cast a rare tiebreaker, has yet to make an appearance.
The groundbreaking for a multi-use development in Cornelius housing a brand new library, YMCA and 45 affordable apartments for seniors happens this Saturday.
Cornelius Place, located at 14th and Adair, is a joint project of the City of Cornelius Public Library, Bienestar and BRIDGE Housing.
HILLSBORO, OR (KPTV) -
More lawmakers are now calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to investigate the actions of agents toward a Hispanic man who is a U.S. citizen outside the Washington County Courthouse.
Federal lawmakers are calling on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to investigate after a U.S. citizen was stopped and questioned outside the Washington County courthouse by ICE agents.
Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, along with fellow Oregon Democrat Earl Blumenauer and Congressmen John Conyers of Michigan and Zoe Lofgren of California, are pressing ICE to look into why a handful of plainclothes immigration agents stopped a Latino man outside the courthouse this week, wrongfully accusing him of being in the country illegally.