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Wyden and Bonamici both said they would take what they heard in North Plains back with them to Washington, D.C. — though they have their own hurdles to clear for lasting policy change, Bonamici added. 

As a member of two House committees – Education and Labor, and Science, Space and Technology – Rep. Suzanne Bonamici attached several scientific research programs to the legislation to make it a “science” act. Bonamici represents a district that includes many of the companies in the Silicon Forest.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo talked up Oregon’s strengths in the semiconductor industry at a roundtable with lawmakers, higher education leaders and industry professionals at Portland Community College’s Willow Creek campus.

Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), a member of the Education and Labor Committee and Progressive Caucus, talked about the vote on House Republicans' “Parents Bill of Rights” bill and legal issues facing former 

"Their educational agenda is pretty simple: They want to ban books, they want to bully the LGBTQ+ community [and] they want to bring guns into classrooms, kindergarten and above," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said after the bill passed.