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As U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici continues her campaign against the fentanyl epidemic, a Beaverton parent helping lead the charge will stand alongside her at the 2024 State of the Union on Thursday, March 7.
First District Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici saw the impact of increasing food and housing costs in outer Southwest Portland when she recently toured the pantry for low-income families operated by Neighborhood House.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced that OCHIN, Inc has received $2,001,642 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to support OCHINS’s health information technology recruitment and training program for health clinics in underserved communities.
Bonamici said that, along with the added federal dollars for infrastructure, manufacturing and energy projects must come a more diversified workforce.
"All the work is not going to be done right away," she said. "But we will be growing the workforce to meet these needs."
On Friday, Su and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, toured the training center of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48 in east Portland.
Secretary Su and Congresswoman Bonamici heard from students in PCC’s Quick Start and apprenticeship programs that have high school students already working for large advanced manufacturers like Intel.
Other factors, such as cost of living in places like Hillsboro and instability in the industry also discourage people from entering the semiconductor industry, Bonamici said. The congresswoman called for reforming the Low Income Housing Credit to begin tackling affordable housing.