A Portland area congressman is throwing his support behind making civics education a requirement in Oregon's schools. 3rd District Congressman Earl Blumenauer says Oregon is one of just 11 states that does not require civics education. He supports The Civics Education Act, which passed in the state senate but still needs support from the State house and the Governor's signature to become law. This episode features Blumenauer, State Representative for House District 50 in East Portland, and Reynolds School Board Director, Ricky Ruiz, Classroom Law Project Executive Director Erin Esparza, Sisters High School social studies teacher Gail Greaney, a student at Parkrose High School in Portland, Josedavid Muñoz-Ronquillo, and the response from Oregon Education Association Government Relations' Jared Mason Gere