{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases/bonamici-wyden-celebrate-naming-hillsboro-post-office-honor-former-rep", "Bonamici, Wyden Celebrate Naming Hillsboro Post Office  in Honor of Former Rep. Elizabeth Furse", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Suzanne Bonamici", "B001278", "bonamici.house.gov", "bonamici", "https://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC [12/20/24] \u2013 This week legislation led by Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) to redesignate a Hillsboro post office in honor of the late Representative Elizabeth Furse passed the Senate and was sent to President Biden\u2019s desk to be signed into law. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the companion legislation in the Senate.\n\nFurse represented Oregon\u2019s First Congressional District for three terms from 1993-1999 and established her legacy as a champion for human and tribal rights and social justice. The post office at 125 South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, located in the district Furse served, will be designated as the Elizabeth Furse Post Office Building.\n\n\u201cElizabeth Furse devoted her life to serving others and she made a lasting difference for Hillsboro and NW Oregon,\u201d said Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici. \u201cI will forever be grateful for her mentorship and friendship, and I am delighted that this post office near the home where she spent her final years will bear her name and inspire all those who visit it. Let us honor her memory by renewing our efforts to better the lives of those around us.\u201d\n\n\u201cMy friend Elizabeth Furse devoted her life as a public servant to helping Tribal communities, strengthening women\u2019s health care and improving the lives of vulnerable people in Oregon and throughout our country,\u201d Wyden said. \u201cI\u2019m glad she will be honored in the district she served so faithfully with a permanent recognition in this Hillsboro post office. This well-deserved tribute both celebrates her ongoing legacy in our state, and inspires future Oregonians with the example she set in public life.\u201d\n\nFurse was the first woman elected to represent Oregon\u2019s First District and helped secure funding to expand TriMet\u2019s MAX Blue Line into Hillsboro. She was a key figure in working to restore federal recognition for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. Furse also served as Director of the Oregon Peace Institute and founded both the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University and nonprofit Clean Water Columbia. She died in 2021 at age 84 at her Hillsboro farm.\n\nVideo of Bonamici speaking in support of the legislation can be viewed here. It passed unanimously in both the House and Senate.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases/bonamici-wyden-celebrate-naming-hillsboro-post-office-honor-former-rep"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.722480170428753, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}