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Merkley, Bonamici, Bacon Partner on Bipartisan Legislation to Ban Toxic Asbestos, Save Lives

September 16, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley partnered with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) and Don Bacon (R-NE-02) on a bipartisan effort to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of all six recognized asbestos fibers. The Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2025 protects the health of Americans across the nation by banning this toxic chemical, which experts say there is no safe level for the human body to be exposed to.

Issues:Consumer ProtectionHealth Care

Bonamici Introduces 3 Bipartisan Bills to Increase Access to Jobs

September 11, 2025

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Having a robust workforce is essential to growing the economy, and there are commonsense steps we can take to help workers find and obtain quality jobs.

Issues:Education

ECESE Ranking Member Bonamici Demands Committee Subpoena Stephen Miller

September 10, 2025

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We can all agree that schools are responsible for creating safe learning environments for students, teachers, and faculty free from discrimination, harassment, and violence.

Merkley, Wyden, Padilla, Bonamici, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge Administration to Release $52.1 Million in Federal Education Funds for Agricultural Farmworker Students

September 10, 2025

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“Continuing and potential new grantees, all of which are colleges and non-profit organizations, were slated to receive funding and begin providing support to students by July 1 but have yet to receive the funding that Congress provided earlier this year,” the lawmakers wrote to Director Vought and Secretary McMahon. “We understand the Department of Education informed HEP and CAMP leaders in June that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was reviewing these programs, but grantees have not received follow up information as to when the funds will be released, which has imposed challenges on individuals and families served by these programs and applicants and grantees (and their employees) impacted by the uncertainty and delay.”

Issues:Education

Murphy, Bonamici, Bacon, McGovern, Lawler, Fitzpatrick, Watson Coleman, Tokuda, and Carbajal Introduce Bicameral Malnutrition Awareness Week Resolution as Republican Budget Bill Rips Nutrition Benefits Away from Families

September 9, 2025

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“This issue is personal to me, as it is for many Americans. Because of SNAP, then known as food stamps, I had enough to eat when I worked my way through college. No one in our country should go hungry, but Trump and the GOP are gutting SNAP and other food assistance programs to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. This is an attack on working families, their children, and other vulnerable Americans. This Malnutrition Awareness Week I am continuing the fight against these devastating cuts,” said Congresswoman Bonamici.

Issues:Health Care

Merkley, Wyden, Bonamici: FEMA Must Award Critical Disaster Mitigation Funds to an Oregon Coast Project

September 3, 2025

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Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), today demanded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) immediately award Clatsop County and Columbia Memorial Hospital (CMH) $20,845,683 in federal funding that was provided under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.

Issues:Energy and EnvironmentHealth Care

Bonamici Statement on H.R. 3565, the “Block the Bombs Act”

August 28, 2025

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For decades I have supported, and I continue to support, a negotiated two-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace, dignity, and security. I formed that opinion in 1997 during my first visit to Israel, and it was reinforced through visits over the last several years during which I met with Israelis and Palestinians and heard their stories, hopes, and struggles. I have no doubt that the vast majority of people there want to live in peace.

Merkley, Wyden, Bonamici Express Concern Over the Closure of Providence Seaside’s Birthing Center

August 26, 2025

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We anticipate that this decision will hurt the health and safety of expectant mothers, newborns, and families, who will no longer have local access to obstetrics care.

Issues:Health Care

Merkley, Wyden, Bonamici Express Concern Over the Closure of Providence Seaside’s Birthing Center

August 26, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), are expressing serious concern over the planned closure of labor and delivery services at Providence Seaside and call on Providence Health & Services to support families and clinicians affected by the decision.

Issues:Health CareJobs and EconomyReproductive Rights

Scott, Bonamici Scrutinize Harms and Cost of Proposed USDA Reorganization

August 22, 2025

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WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), House Committee on Education and Workforce, raised concerns to Department of Agriculture Secretary (USDA) Brooke Rollins regarding the agency’s abrupt announcement to reorganize USDA. This follows harmful agency relocations under the first Trump Administration. This latest push occurs as families and farmers suffer critical food program disruptions because of failed Trump Administration policies. “We are concerned that this abrupt announcement of the reorganization plan comes without full details or substantiation regarding how the reorganization would improve program operations and efficiency,” wrote the Members. “The process surrounding the reorganization plan has not been transparent, nor has the Department clearly articulated how it is handling input from farmers, community partners, anti-hunger advocates, and state and local officials.”

Issues:Jobs and Economy

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