Tell Congress: Let the EPA do its job!
Not all of my colleagues in Congress believe it, but the science is clear - climate change is causing irreversible damage to our world, and the ongoing release of greenhouse gases is a major...
View ArticleStatement on Science Subcommittee Assignments
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici recently received her second committee and subcommittee assignments for the 114th Congress. In addition to the Education & Workforce Committee, she will continue to...
View ArticleLet's end campus sexual assault. Sign the Petition:
Sexual assault on our college campuses is an epidemic, and one that is too often swept under the rug.Many colleges and universities are reluctant to acknowledge that there is a problem on campus,...
View Article50 Years Ago
Last month I was honored to join Congressman John Lewis and a delegation of colleagues in Selma, Alabama on the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday.It was a moving experience to join President Obama,...
View ArticleEqual Pay Day
Today is Equal Pay Day – the day we mark on the calendar each year to represent how long a woman would have to work into the next year to make the same amount a man made in the previous year.We have...
View ArticleBonamici & Booker Introduce Bill to Protect Tax Refunds
To coincide with tax day, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced a bill to protect the refunds of taxpayers and highlight the importance of cracking down on...
View ArticleOn Earth Day
Forty-five years ago today, a grassroots movement took shape to put a spotlight on the need for environmental protections and Earth Day was established.Earth Day has been about so much more than...
View ArticleAppreciate teachers
It’s National Teacher Appreciation Week!Teachers deserve our gratitude, and it’s great that there’s a week set aside to remind us of all they do to instill a love of learning in our children. But we...
View ArticleSign the Petition: fix our immigration system
In the early 1900s, my grandparents crossed an ocean in search of a chance to create a better life for their children. They knew that hard work would give them opportunities in the United States that...
View ArticleLiving life with dignity
During my three years on the job, between meetings, hearings, and visits to schools and businesses, I have made time to visit several of our local Meals on Wheels programs.Bringing meals to homebound...
View ArticleMomentum on hemp
Good news:Earlier this year, thousands of Oregonians signed our petition calling on Congress to pass the Industrial Hemp Farming Act – a bill I’m co-sponsoring to end the prohibition against growing...
View ArticleAdd your name. Let's raise the minimum wage!
Those who oppose raising the minimum wage probably think that the average minimum wage worker is a high school student bagging groceries for the summer to earn extra walking-around money. The reality...
View ArticleBonamici Calls for Long-Term Transportation Bill
I released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3038, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II:Our country must make long-term investments in transportation. Projects...
View ArticleTeaching Safe Relationships
Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Alma Adams (NC-12), and Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) introduced a bill that will update sex education curriculum to include the teaching of safe relationships.Young...
View ArticleExpanding Small Business Contracting
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) introduced a bill that could redirect up to $10 billion in federal contracts to small businesses.The Assuring Contracting Equity (ACE) Act...
View ArticleLonger, Healthier lives
Friends,Americans are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives.There are many reasons for this progress; an important one is the passage of Medicare in 1965. When President Lyndon Johnson...
View ArticleAffordable Child Care Resolution
Emphasizing that Oregon is one of the most expensive states in the country for child care, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici introduced a resolution calling for universal affordable child care this...
View ArticleEnding unchecked misrepresentation by anti-choice Crisis Pregnancy Centers
This week, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) introduced The Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women’s Services Act to make it illegal for a Crisis Pregnancy...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Clean Power Plan
We know that carbon emissions have already warmed our planet, affected weather, contributed to wildfires and drought, made our oceans more acidic, caused a loss of sea ice, and exacerbated health...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood
The attacks have been relentless, friends.It started early this year with leaders in the U.S. House pushing through an absurd “20-week abortion ban” with a slim partisan majority.Then, anti-choice...
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