Suzanne Bonamici

I have been deeply concerned about the implementation of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Thank you, Representative.

The decision to end the collection of pay data is an unprecedented setback for the enforcement of civil rights laws.

Earlier this year, this Committee approved the bipartisan Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, or POWADA.

Unfortunately, age discrimination in the workplace is still disturbingly pervasive, and it is a significant factor in older workers' long-term unemployment.

Americans are living and working longer, and we must do all we can to make sure they are protected from age discrimination.

We need the EEOC and the OFCCP to get back on track.

More than 60 percent of workers over the age of 45 report seeing or experiencing age discrimination in the workplace.

One in four LGBTQ workers reports experiencing some form of discrimination in the workplace.

Today the median Black worker earns only 75 percent of the wage earned by the median White worker.

The proposed rule represents a reversal of the EPA's position for decades regarding the consideration of scientific data.

The information used by the EPA is not secret.

The proposed rule is an attack on the role of science itself at the EPA.

I have to tell you that when I talk to kids, they are afraid to go to school because they don't know if their parents are going to be home when they get back.

On July 23rd, USDA proposed a new rule that will restrict eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

The EPA has no excuse for disregarding that science and the health of the American people.

We've seen suppression, censorship, manipulation of science in this Administration

The climate crisis is an existential threat and of course a national emergency.

One of the things we can do is we can push back on all the public school bashing that we hear in our communities.

Research shows there is a positive correlation between having a teacher of color in the achievement in students of color.

We know that the transportation sector is a large contributor of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

The legislature just recently passed a bill to phase out older diesel engines with newer models by 2025 in the Portland metro area.

Homeless youth are vulnerable to exploitation and coercion. The data show that one in five homeless youth are victims of human trafficking.

Today's hearing takes an important step toward achieving our shared goal of making sure that all children have access to safe and stable housing.

We must make sure that Federal programs engage and unite family members.