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WASHINGTON DC [9/21/2022] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Congressman John Katko (R-NY), and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced a resolution to designate the week of September 19, 2022, as Malnutrition Awareness Week. The resolution recognizes the importance of federal nutrition programs in combatting malnutrition and hunger.
This year marks our nation's 10th observance of Malnutrition Awareness Week. We are a member of Congress and the national coordinator of the Defeat Malnutrition Today coalition. This year we are collaborating on a resolution acknowledging the importance of this week, with a special focus on nutrition as a patient right.
When Suzanne Bonamici was elected to represent Oregon's First Congressional District in 2012, she was the only woman in the state's delegation, DC bound with six male colleagues. And so it remained for 10 years. But finally, the future is female—or female-er, at least.
WASHINGTON, DC [09/15/22] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) introduced legislation to promote pregnancy intention screenings. These screenings increase conversations between patients and health care providers about whether the patient intends to become pregnant, helping people access the care they need to prevent unintended pregnancies and improve the likelihood of healthy pregnancies.
Members of a U.S. House Education and Labor Committee panel on Thursday questioned experts and leaders of youth rehabilitation programs about how the federal government could invest in programs to prevent kids from becoming incarcerated.
"Although the juvenile justice system is intended to rehabilitate — not punish — young offenders, data shows that the more a young person interacts with the juvenile justice system, the more likely they are to reenter the system and struggle throughout life," the panel's chair, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, said in her opening statement.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heard Oregon panelists discuss how recent federal legislation will promote carbon-free energy, create thousands of skilled jobs and help communities cope with the onset of climate change.
Pelosi was flanked by two Oregon Democrats who made major contributions to that and other recent legislation during the discussion Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Energy Trust of Oregon offices in Portland. They are Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Portland, a senior member of the tax-writing committee, and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Beaverton, who sits on the science committee.
Oregon U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) has released two reports detailing how, under the Act, thousands of people in NW Oregon will soon spend less on health care. "These savings will make a meaningful difference in the lives of families and individuals, easing the pressure of costs that have been too high for too long," Bonamici said.