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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today announced her opposition to H.R. 1911, legislation that would allow student loan interest rates to rise as high as 8.5 percent based on a variable formula linked to the 10 year Treasury Note. Without action, the current interest rate of 3.4 percent will double July 1 to 6.8 percent.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today announced her support for the Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013, new bipartisan legislation that would reform the military justice system.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)today released the following statement explaining her vote against repeal of the Affordable Care Act law.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) has announced that Mary Root, a student at Saint Mary’s Academy in Portland, Oregon, is the winner of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition for Oregon’s 1^st Congressional District.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today voted against H.R. 1406–legislation that would allow private employers to avoid paying overtime wages to employees working more than 40 hours per week if they offer their employees “comp” time off instead.

Beaverton, Ore. — Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today announced that the Housing Authority of Washington County is now eligible for 35 HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers in addition to the 25 vouchers they have already been awarded. Bonamici requested the additional vouchers in letters to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S.

Beaverton, Ore.—On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) will host an open house for constituents of the 1st Congressional District at her newly-opened district office in Beaverton, Oregon.

Washington, DC—Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) this week led a group of 76 Members of Congress working to restore Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title I funding cut by the sequester.