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Consumer Protection and the Credit Crisis
Full Committee

Thursday, February 26, 2009
10:00 AM
SR - 253
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The Committee will examine Consumer Protection and the Credit Crisis and enforcement against fraudulent credit repair schemes under the Credit Repair Organization Act (CROA).

Specifically, the Committee will examine consumer protection in credit counseling, debt management, and foreclosure rescue programs and fraud. The Committee will also examine oversight of the federal authorities, protecting distressed consumers from mortgage fraud scams, and steering families away from these fraudulent schemes toward a path of financial stability.

 
 

 

Witnesses

Opening Remarks

Panel 1
The Honorable Pamela Jones Harbour
Commissioner
Federal Trade Commission

Panel 2
Mr. Prentiss Cox
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School
Mr. Travis Plunkett
Legislative Director
Consumer Federation of America
Mrs. Nancy Dix
Consumer
Mr. Bill Himpler
Executive Vice President, Federal Government Affairs
American Financial Services Association


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