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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.
WASHINGTON, DC [04/06/22] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Chair of the Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, led 20 of her colleagues in calling for increased federal investments in child care.
The resolution calls for all children to have access to high-quality, affordable child care and preschool. This is the Week of the Young Child, which celebrates early childhood programs and educators.
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh toured the NECA/IBEW Local 48 training center in Portland March 24 and heard about efforts to bring more women into the building trades. That's a familiar cause for Walsh, who as head of the Boston Building Trades unions created a program that brings women and minorities into the building trades. At the training center, Walsh was joined by Governor Kate Brown and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer.
Linda Reinstein is co-founder and president of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO). Faye Park is president of Public Interest Research Group (PIRG).
Although Congress has yet to pass the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) Act, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) continue to champion the bill for reintroduction. If passed, the ARBAN Act would prevent thousands of Americans like Alan from suffering or dying from asbestos exposure.