俄勒冈州民主党众议员苏珊娜·博纳米奇宣布参选，力争成为众议院教育与劳动力委员会中的民主党领袖。
她在周二致民主党同僚的一封公开信中正式宣布了这一意向，该信件亦被转交至POLITICO。
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) is jumping into the race to lead House education committee Democrats. The Oregon Democrat officially declared she will run to be the top Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee in a Dear Colleague letter sent to members of the Democratic caucus Tuesday and shared with POLITICO.
此次参选使得博纳米奇成为现任该委员会民主党首席议员、弗吉尼亚州众议员博比·斯科特的竞争对手。康涅狄格州众议员贾哈娜·海斯同样也在角逐这一职位。
Bonamici’s jump into the race marks another challenger for Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), the panel’s current ranking member. Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.) is also running for the panel’s top spot.
博纳米奇在信中表示，自己“愿以全新且注重协作的方式振兴委员会工作，全力推动本党在教育与劳工领域的政策目标。
凭借自身的法律专业背景，我将充分利用国会赋予的权力，追究特朗普及其亲信——包括教育部长琳达·麦克马洪——对公众造成的损害责任。”
Bonamici wrote in the letter that she is “ready to bring a fresh and collaborative approach to invigorate this Committee with a plan to champion the education and labor priorities of our Caucus. With my legal background, I’m prepared to use all of the power of Congress to hold Trump and his cronies, including Secretary Linda McMahon, accountable for the harm they have caused.”
此前，博纳米奇曾提出一项针对麦克马洪的弹劾决议，指责其未经国会批准便试图撤销教育部。
Bonamici introduced a resolution to impeach the Education secretary because of McMahon's efforts to dismantle the department without the approval of Congress.
上个月，博纳米奇曾向POLITICO透露，自己并未排除竞选领导层的可能性，且正就此展开讨论。
Tuesday’s announcement comes after Bonamici told POLITICO last month that she was not ruling out a run for committee leadership and was having conversations about it.
如今正值民主党预计将在11月赢得众议院多数席位之际，这位现任K-12教育小组委员会首席民主党人的表态更具重要意义。
她强调，一旦实现多数党地位，整个委员会“必须采取果敢且具有前瞻性的举措，坚决抵制特朗普政府对于公共教育、工会及劳动阶层的打压”。
Her leadership run now comes as Democrats believe they will win the House majority in November. The Oregon Democrat, who currently serves as top Democrat on the K-12 subcommittee, said the whole panel “must provide a bold and visionary approach while fighting Trump’s corruption and assault on public education, unions, and working families” if they take the majority.