Suzanne Bonamici

Latinos age 35 to 44 have a coronavirus mortality rate nearly eight times higher than White people in that age group.

The Administration and Congress can and must address these disparities and do all we can to encourage or require research that's deliberately inclusive of all demographics and effectively addresses these inequitable outcomes.

I was proud to join Chairman Scott in introducing the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act.

We just, yesterday, in the United States passed 100,000 deaths. And those aren't just numbers, they are real people.

OSHA has the tools to protect workers from COVID-19 by enforcing the general duty clause and other existing OSHA standards.

I represent Northwest Oregon, and I hear from restaurant workers and retail clerks, social service providers, child care workers, they struggle.

I have often said that I am a big believer in higher education, but we have to have a path for everyone.

It's not a time to cut.

The climate crisis is an existential threat, and I'm extremely concerned that in your first appearance here before this Committee this Congress you didn't even mention climate change.

I thank Chairman Scott for his leadership. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

I want to get to Mr. Rodriguez. Your testimony you shared those powerful stories--thank you so much--of the farm workers who felt pressure to keep working in harmful conditions.

We have a responsibility to take action to address that.

We know that the climate crisis will disproportionately affect the health and well-being of low-income communities, people of color, children, and older adults.

I'm extremely concerned by this Administration's attempts to disregard congressional intent

The climate crisis is a--one of the greatest existential threats of our time

These kinds of technological advancements can be used for energy exploration, predicting climate and weather, predictive and preventive medicine, emergency response, and more.

We do have some of the best scientists and researchers, programmers, engineers in the world.

I think it has been a difficult but very important conversation to hear that we are regressing as a country when it comes to maternal and infant health.

It is shocking that so many women go back to work within just a couple of weeks.

Access to comprehensive reproductive health, including contraception and prenatal care empowers women to make decisions about when and in what circumstances they choose to become pregnant.

I am currently working to update legislation. I introduced last session the EQUIP Act that will encourage health care providers to routinely ask women of childbearing age about their intentions regarding pregnancy.

I think we are going to see more and more families afraid to reach out for services.

Our legislature on a bipartisan basis passed legislation to fill contraception prescriptions for whole year rather than short-term.

Restrictions for access to birth control, for LARCs, for abortions. All those things cause harm and cause death.

We must--we must--face it, we must address the failings and improve outcomes for all families.