{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20131104014519/http://bonamici.house.gov:80/press-release/bonamici-visits-tigard%E2%80%99s-durham-elementary-school-calls-budget-negotiators-reverse", "Bonamici Visits Tigard\u2019s Durham Elementary School;  Calls on Budget Negotiators to Reverse Education Cuts", "2013-10-31", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Suzanne Bonamici", "B001278", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Beaverton, Ore.\u2014 Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today called on members of the House and Senate Budget Conference Committee to reverse cuts to federal education funding caused by the \u201csequestration\u201d provisions of the Budget Control Act. Bonamici emphasized her disapproval with the cuts during a visit to Tigard\u2019s Durham Elementary School, which receives federal Title I funding to lower class sizes and provide reading interventions for students in need of extra support. Title I funding goes to schools with a high percentage of low-income students.\n\u201cIt is wrong to cut funding for reading programs when schools are already struggling with limited resources,\u201d said Congresswoman Bonamici. \u201cLast year Durham was one of the highest achieving Title I schools in Oregon. Their programs are working. We should be encouraging and supporting the efforts of teachers and administrators at this school and in schools across Oregon. One of my top priorities in the current budget negotiations is to repeal the education cuts triggered by sequestration.\u201d\nLater this week, Bonamici and many of her House colleagues will send a letter urging budget conferees to reverse the across-the-board cuts known as \u201csequestration.\u201d According to the National Education Association, Oregon\u2019s federal education funding was cut by $85 billion for Fiscal Year 2013 as a result of these indiscriminate cuts.\n\u201cA five percent cut may not seem like much, but in light of a 20 percent cut in federal funding that has occurred since 2002, it\u2019s significant,\u201d said Bonamici. \u201cFunding isn\u2019t the only issue we need to address in our schools, but the more we cut, the harder it is for teachers to do their job. Durham is a highly successful school; they\u2019ve been doing more with less for too long. We can\u2019t continue to expect great results if we keep cutting budgets.\u201d\nAccording the Congressional Research Service, funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which includes Title I, has been cut by more than 20 percent since No Child Left Behind took effect in 2002.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://web.archive.org/web/20131104014519/http://bonamici.house.gov:80/press-release/bonamici-visits-tigard%E2%80%99s-durham-elementary-school-calls-budget-negotiators-reverse"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4002751559019089, "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"}