Members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduce bills and resolutions, offer amendments, and serve on committees. Together with the U.S. Senate, the House is responsible for passing the annual budget of the United States. To qualify, a candidate must be U.S. citizen for at least 7 years, a registered voter, and an inhabitant of state at time of election. Salary: $174,000Term: 2 years. This position is partisan.The Deschutes County League of Women Voters conducted a forum for the Democratic candidates in this race, Janelle S. Bynum and Jamie McLeod-Skinner. The Republican, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is running unopposed and moves forward to the General Election. The video may be viewed here: https://www.centraloregondaily.com/oregon-5th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-forum-april-16-2024/video_1d56b9d6-82bc-5735-b2e8-9801b51c1344.html
Town Where You Live
Happy Valley
Your Experience/Qualifications
State Representative, Local Business Owner, Engineer and mom
County
Clackamas, Deschutes, Linn, Marion and Jeffereson
For starters, I will never support privatizing Social Security or raising the retirement age. As the President said, Social Security is a “sacred trust,” and protecting its viability is critical for seniors and future generations.
That starts by requiring millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share, generating additional revenue without burdening regular taxpayers. Also, protecting and enhancing benefits for those who rely on Social Security is crucial including accurate cost-of-living adjustments and additional support for low-income and vulnerable individuals.
In Congress, I’ll put my experience to work and fight for a Social Security system that is fair, sustaibable and protected for generations to come.
It’s past time for Congress to act on immigration, but with Donald Trump calling the shots for MAGA Republicans, real progress on immigration reform has been blocked. My approach emphasizes creating a pathway to citizenship, protecting rights of asylum seekers and implementing humane and fair immigration policies. I want to ensure that our border operations have the resources they need and that our immigration system can process hearings that are fast, fair and final.
As a State Representative, I have engaged with local communities and organizations and will continue to do so in congress to work towards crafting comprehensive immigration policy prioritizes compassion, fairness, and pragmatism.
The climate crisis is at our doorstep and our state is constantly under the threat of wildfires and extreme weather.
In the state legislature, I've worked to do something about it, supporting innovative policies that not only protect our environment from climate change, but create new jobs. I've voted to strengthen clean air laws and permanently ban offshore drilling along our coast, and I've worked to expand investments in renewable energy and a green economy.
There's so much more work to be done. In Congress, I'll be a fierce advocate in the fight against climate change.
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Campaign Phone (public)
541-777-7797
Town Where You Live
Terrebonne
Your Experience/Qualifications
Current: Attorney, Emergency/Resilience Manager, Small Business Owner; Background: Civil Engineer, Mediator, Stepmom; Graduated from UO Law, Rensselaer, Cornell, and Ashland High. Prior government experience: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, Education Service District Board, City Manager, City Councilor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
County
Jefferson
Term
2025-2027
Term Expires
2027
Social Security is our nation’s most important and effective income security program. People who work pay into the program and it prevents retirees from becoming destitute. That’s the deal people invest in. Republicans are constantly trying to cut this program that enables retirement with dignity. I oppose cuts to Social Security and would instead support caregiver credits, improved survivor benefits, and eliminating the taxable maximum income. I would roll back the Trump tax cuts, because the assumption was that they would be funded with cuts to Social Security. I also support making healthcare and prescriptions more affordable for all Oregon families so that Social Security dollars go farther for individual recipients.
We need comprehensive immigration reform for our families & economy. Examples include:
• Provide DACA recipients, who have lived & worked as Americans since childhood, with an expedited path to citizenship;
• Flexibility in the guest-worker program to address the workforce shortage in several sectors, including our farmers needing to harvest crops to put food on our tables;
• Allocate more resources to expedite the processing of immigration & asylum applications to address current challenges at our border.
These costs will be offset by benefits to our economy & reduction in other program costs. There is widespread agreement across the political divide on many of these issues, though Republicans in Congress are using it as a political wedge.
I’m the only candidate in this race with experience addressing the climate crisis in policies, programs, and implementation in communities. As an Environmental Planner for a regional water agency, I served 2M people in urban and rural areas and incorporated climate change measures into that work. I’ve developed partnerships to reduce GHG emissions in the construction industry, and I’ve led recovery in an Oregon city that lost ⅓ of its homes & businesses to urban wildfire. In Congress, I’ll pursue investments in a renewable energy grid, increased storage capacity, emergency response measures, transition to 100% Clean Energy, and modifying the Stafford Act to better protect diverse communities & families impacted by the climate crisis.
