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WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging them to prioritize funding for federal defender services in current budget negotiations. Substantial cuts as a result of sequestration have already resulted in furloughs and layoffs in federal defender offices around the country. Further cuts will significantly delay criminal justice proceedings, increase costs to American taxpayers, and severely jeopardize the constitutional right to effective counsel.
Beaverton, Ore.— Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today called on members of the House and Senate Budget Conference Committee to reverse cuts to federal education funding caused by the “sequestration” provisions of the Budget Control Act. Bonamici emphasized her disapproval with the cuts during a visit to Tigard’s Durham Elementary School, which receives federal Title I funding to lower class sizes and provide reading interventions for students in need of extra support. Title I funding goes to schools with a high percentage of low-income students.
Washington, D.C.—Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and a bipartisan group of 19 House colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki urging reevaluation of all claims related to Agent Orange exposure that occurred aboard C-123 aircraft after the Vietnam War. Many of the 1,500 to 2,500 veterans who served aboard the aircraft from 1972 to 1982 have experienced health problems that appear to be exposure-related. Until recently, the VA had denied these claims, but recently reversed course when it granted disability benefits to Lt Col.