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Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the U.S. Army and Office of Management and Budget urging the allocation of $21.6 million of FY24 construction funding for the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River. Prioritizing completion of the jetty would help protect Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon ports and businesses that rely on the navigation channel.
Oregon Democratic Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici spoke outside the high court this week, urging justices to rule against the city.
“Housing, not handcuffs, is the direction we need to go,” Rep. Bonamici said.
Bonamici says fining or jailing people traps them in a cycle that makes it harder for them to find housing.
Attendees at Monday’s discussion talked about what changes they would like to see with the federal government’s student loan system to make it work better for students. Accountability and simplification were the keywords thrown out again and again.
“It’s complicated and it should not be,” said Bonamici. “In the long term, I’m working hard to make the process work better for everyone and to make higher education affordable and debt-free.”
“I talk all the time with students who, even though they have enough (from various sources) to have their tuition covered, do not have enough to live on to pay their rent or go for food,” she said.
Along with financial aid, Bonamici has been a champion for adequate food and housing for college students. “Too many students are struggling with hunger and often times trying to learn without a stable home,” she said.
Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke, along with Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore), went to the Countryman Estates in Forest Grove, the future site of Habitat for Humanity’s eight planned new homes.
Berke said the USDA has a vested interest in this kind of project and is offering up more than $300,000 to make it happen.