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“We absolutely need more affordable housing, and we also need more supportive housing for people who are transitioning” from homelessness, [Bonamici] said. “I am doing what I can at the federal level to be helpful trying to close the gaps and give people the support they need. The issue is the same everywhere in my district.”
Students are getting ready to return to their classrooms and members of Congress are finishing up their in-district work before they head back to the U.S. Capitol.
One of those members, Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, announced during a roundtable event earlier this month that she will be introducing legislation once Congress resumes, to educate students about the synthetic opioid drug, fentanyl.
“We just need more facilities available to people for emergencies,” Bonamici, a Democrat from Beaverton, told reporters at the end of the tour on Thursday, Aug. 17.
“It is amazing that they are collaborating and have a plan to be ready for our community. We need to send a message that we are here for you, particularly as we see more extreme weather, like we saw this week.”
“I remember, talking to someone after the heat dome who could not get to a cooling center as a senior citizen. And he just could not get to a cooling center because there wasn’t one close enough and we just need more facilities available for people during Emergency,” Bonamici said.
“I’m very inspired to be here in St. Helens today and see the progress that is being made along the river and the waterfront development,” Bonamici said. “It has been a few years since I’ve been here, and it’s wonderful to see the vision but also the progress that’s being made.”