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Small business owners and local leaders gathered last week with Rep. Suzanne Bonamici to celebrate the start of Columbia County's first small business resource center and discuss the challenges facing local businesses. Bonamici said she was "really excited to be here to learn more about this project and to support this wonderful project here in Columbia County." She secured $175,000 for the center as part of an omnibus spending package last month.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici spent a portion of Earth Day taking a tour of A&R Solar, a Tualatin company that installs eco-friendly solar panels on homes and businesses. Bonamici finished her Earth Day activities with a visit to Tualatin High School, where she was expected to meet the Tualatin High School Climate Action Club to discuss sustainable climate action goals. Her plans also included hearing about students' advocacy work with the Tigard-Tualatin School District's board on climate issues.
Speaking at a hangar near Portland International Airport Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden highlighted several ongoing and planned upgrades to the airport as examples of the kind of national infrastructure renewal that will be delivered through the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that he signed last fall. Mayor Ted Wheeler, Brown, Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Kurt Schrader, Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer each gave brief introductory speeches touting infrastructure developments in Oregon.
At Monday's ceremony, senior Intel officials said they have a legacy in Hillsboro and an ongoing commitment there. Merkley as well as Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici all gave assurances that they would work to fund the CHIPS Act, a bill that would give $52 billion in federal investments and incentives to U.S. chip manufacturers.
Representatives of the University of Oregon and Portland Public Schools briefed Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici on Tuesday about plans for a new degree program that will focus exclusively on children's mental and emotional health.
Intel said it has essentially finished three years of work on the main Hillsboro factory, an addition known as Mod3. CEO Pat Gelsinger was due to attend a celebration Monday morning, despite the unseasonable April snow, along with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici.
Two Oregon members of Congress are among the negotiators seeking legislation to boost U.S. economic competitiveness, including billions in federal grants to promote domestic semiconductor research and manufacturing. Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which writes tax and trade legislation. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, a Democrat from Beaverton, sits on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) introduced a resolution that urges the House of Representatives to pass a "robust" legislation that would give all children and families access to high-quality, affordable child care and early education. The legislation should ensure that no family has to pay "more than 7 percent of their income" for child care and that families most in need will pay nothing, according to the resolution. It should also guarantee child care workers a "living wage," among other investment suggestions.