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The bipartisan bloc No. 2, offered by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), passed the House 262-168. It included just one health-related amendment from Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and Peter Meijer (R-MI). That amendment would codify recommendations included in a September HHS Office of the Inspector General report on pharmaceutical supply chain weaknesses.

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) introduced legislation to create a Department of Energy Office of Advanced Clean Energy Technologies to designate and oversee regional partnerships, called Regional Energy Innovation and Development Institutes, to work on local clean energy initiatives. The partnerships will consist of local and state governments, academia, labor organizations, national laboratories, businesses, Tribes, and other eligible organizations, Bonamici said in a statement.

Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) are reintroducing the Healthy Meal Time Act to reduce food waste in schools and further ensure that kids have the time to eat a proper meal.

Lawmakers who signed onto the letter seeking a disaster declaration for the commercial salmon industry include U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, and Kurt Schrader. The federal government must evaluate the request before determining whether to declare a disaster, which would open national coffers to support economically distressed fishing communities.