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Hearing Entitled: Examining Legislation to Protect Consumers and Small Business Owners from Abusive Debt Collection Practices

Thursday, September 26, 2019 | 10:00 | 2128 RHOB

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Click here for the Committee Memorandum.


Legislation

  • H.R. 4403, the “Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act” [DRAFT]

  • H.R. 3490, the “Small Business Lending Fairness Act” [DRAFT]

  • H.R. 3498, the “Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act” [DRAFT]

  • H.R. ____, the “Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act” [DRAFT]

  • H.R. ____, the “Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act” [DRAFT]

  • H.R. ____, the “Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act” [DRAFT]

  • H.R. ____, the “Equal Protections for Debt Collection Practices Act” [DRAFT]

  • H.R.____, the “Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act” [DRAFT]

  • H.R.____, the “Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act” [DRAFT]

  • H.R.____, the “Strengthen Legal Protections on Debt Collections Act” [DRAFT]

 

Witness List

  • The Honorable Rohit ChopraCommissioner, Federal Trade Commission

  • Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould, Pastor, Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church (Jefferson City, MO) and Executive Director, Missouri Faith Voices

  • Ms. Bhairavi Desai, Executive Director, New York Taxi Workers Alliance

  • Ms. April Kuehnhoff, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center

  • Professor Dalié Jiménez, Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law

  • Ms. Sarah Auchterlonie, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

  • Mr. John H. Bedard, Jr., Owner, Bedard Law Group, P.C.
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