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WASHINGTON, DC [1/31/23] – Today Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Lucy McBath (D-GA), and Susan Wild (D-PA) introduced legislation to ease the transition back into repayment for student loan borrowers.
“We’re going to see a huge decline I think at our colleges, especially the community colleges, for spring term,” Bode said. “(Students) are terrified, absolutely terrified and I don’t blame them.”
Bode was among a dozen student and staff representatives from Oregon’s colleges and universities who met at Portland State University on Friday to talk with U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., about student hunger and barriers students face to accessing help and benefits.
U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici hosted a Friday roundtable at Portland State University to discuss food insecurity on Portland area campuses with students, faculty and staff.
Bonamici is set to introduce the “Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act” to Congress, which is meant to help students overcome barriers in accessing SNAP benefits.
Higher education administrators and students told U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici harrowing firsthand accounts about how hunger is gripping Oregon's college campuses and preventing degrees during a roundtable discussion at Portland State University on Friday, Jan. 13.