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“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.”
Bonamici’s proposed bill, which she plans to introduce in September, will be based on the Beaverton School District's “Fake and Fatal” program — a campaign educating students to prevent deaths from opioids and other counterfeit pills.
“These are complex issues that did not start overnight,” Bonamici said. “My bill will create a pilot program encouraging the partnerships that we need among state departments of education, school districts, public health agencies and nonprofit partners to raise awareness and develop prevention education programs.”
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici plans to soon introduce a bill in Congress that would provide grant funding to school districts nationwide educating students on the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit pills.