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Portland, OR – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici marked the sixth anniversary of the landmark law curbing predatory payday loans that they helped pass in the Oregon legislature by calling for national action to end payday lending and close online payday lending loopholes. They were joined by consumer protection advocates at the Oregon Food Bank to highlight a new report by Economic Fairness Oregon that details the millions in savings to consumers that resulted from Oregon’s ban.

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. Bonamici is pushing for alternative legislation, The Student Loan Relief Act, H.R. 1595, to maintain the 3.4 percent rate for two years to provide time for a thoughtful, comprehensive discussion of the student loan debt crisis.

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. The Act would remove from the chain of command the prosecution of crimes punishable by a sentence of more than one year, except crimes that are uniquely military in nature, like disobeying orders or going Absent Without Leave. This reform would prevent injustices related to military sexual assault and other forms of misconduct.

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

“Today I voted against the 37^th attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. What we need now is a constructive dialogue about effectively implementing this landmark legislation, but instead we’re getting another bill that has no chance of becoming 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. The bill is officially named the “Working Families Flexibility Act,” but critics have renamed it the “More Work, Less Pay Act,” highlighting that the legislation increases burdens on working families living paycheck to paycheck.