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Junk Fees

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 9, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. BYNUM. Mr. Speaker, I am here today not just as the Representative for Oregon's Fifth Congressional District, but as a mom getting ready for the holidays.

Let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, costs are out of control.

Every time I go to make a purchase, these companies keep charging me fee after fee after fee. So whether it is booking travel for my son to come home for the holidays or buying tickets for my daughter as a Christmas gift, these fees are driving up the cost of everything.

You get to the checkout page, and suddenly the price feels like it is 40 percent higher. There are payment processing fees for a flight, venue fees for a concert, airport concession fees for a rental car, or service charges on just about everything.

I have had it with these junk fees, and I have heard from so many others that they have too.

Americans deserve transparency, not bait-and-switch pricing models.

That is why I introduced the Junk Fee Prevention Act. It is past time that we get corporate greed under control and protect American families.

I am calling on the House to get it done for the holidays.

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