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

Committee on Financial Services

Thursday, September 26, 2019 (10:00 AM)

2128 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

The Honorable Rohit Chopra
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

Added 09/24/2019 at 06:00 PM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 11:30 AM

Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould
Pastor, Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, Executive Director, Missouri Faith Voices

Added 09/24/2019 at 06:00 PM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 11:30 AM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 11:30 AM

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

Added 09/24/2019 at 06:00 PM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 11:30 AM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 11:30 AM

Ms. April Kuehnhoff
Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center

Added 09/24/2019 at 06:00 PM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 11:30 AM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 11:30 AM

Ms. Dalie Jimenez
Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law

Added 09/24/2019 at 06:00 PM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 09:41 PM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 09:41 PM

Ms. Sarah Auchterlonie
Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Added 09/24/2019 at 06:00 PM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 11:30 AM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 07:50 PM

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

Added 09/24/2019 at 06:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 07:54 PM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/25/2019 at 07:54 PM

Text of Legislation

  • H.R. 4403, the " Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act" [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM Updated 09/26/2019 at 03:52 PM
    Bill number added
  • H.R. 3490, the " Small Business Lending Fairness Act" [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM
  • H.R.3498, the " Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act" [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM
  • H.R.___: Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM Updated 09/25/2019 at 07:50 PM
    Updated 09/25/2019 at 07:50 PM
  • H.R.__: Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM
  • H.R.___: Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM
  • H.R.___: Equal Protections for Debt Collection Practices Act [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM
  • H.R.___: Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM
  • H.R.__: Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM
  • H.R.___: Strengthen Legal Protections on Debt Collections Act [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 09/23/2019 at 07:30 PM Updated 09/24/2019 at 06:00 PM
    Witness added
    Updated 09/24/2019 at 06:53 PM
    Additional Witness added

First Published: September 19, 2019 at 09:26 AM
Last Updated: September 26, 2019 at 03:52 PM