Suzanne Bonamici

Finally, I'd like to voice my strong support for the two other bipartisan bills under discussion today.

The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act is a bipartisan legislative fix that would restore the pre-2009 standard in age discrimination claims.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act clearly establishes nationwide a pregnant worker's right to reasonable accommodations.

It is unacceptable that in 2021 pregnant workers can still be forced to choose between a healthy pregnancy, or a paycheck.

The climate crisis could affect every aspect of the grid, from generation, transmission, and distribution to demand for electricity.

I regret I couldn't be in the entire hearing, but I care a lot about this very important topic.

The waves are constant, so there's a tremendous amount of potential to capture the power of the waves, tides, currents.

Our grid needs to be clean, reliable, and, importantly, resilient to climate threats.

I wish we had more than 5 minutes. So I was glad that you mentioned the high level panel for sustainable ocean economy in your testimony.

This bill will assess the potential for an Advanced Research Projects Agency-Oceans, or ARPA-O, to help overcome the long-term and high-risk barriers in the development of ocean technologies.

Thank you for doing such an effective job of representing Oregon and your district, but also being such a staunch champion for science.

I appreciate Chair Grijalva's leadership to incorporate many of these recommendations into the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act.

We can capture this potential to help mitigate the climate crisis.

Thank you so much, Chairman Grijalva, for your leadership on ocean climate action.

The cost of inaction is pretty clear.

The cost of inaction is pretty clear.

In April I joined with my colleague on this Committee Congressman Jerry McNerney in calling on FEMA to develop disaster preparation and recovery plans.

The road to recovery is going to be long, and it's going to be challenging.

I represent a district in Oregon. My home State has seen wildfires at unprecedented rates this year.

I thank my friend and colleague, Mr. Guthrie, for his kind remarks. Madam Speaker, I yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Iowa (Ms. Finkenauer), the author of this important bipartisan legislation.

We won't restart our economy without access to child care.

I strongly support the bipartisan bills we're talking about today, the RISE Act, and the Supporting Early Career Researchers Act, and I'll continue to advocate for their passage, hopefully in a coronavirus relief package.

We are in an unprecedented moment in our nation's history.

We know there are a lot of folks who won't be able to go back to work if the childcare sector collapses, and that will disproportionately harm low-income communities and communities of color.

Fixing the childcare system is important to children. It is important to families, and it is important to the economy, but it is also an issue of racial justice.