The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow at 10 a.m. EDT titled "Examining Legislation to Protect Consumers and Small Business Owners from Abusive Debt Collection Practices." Prof. Dalié Jiménez of the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and member of ABI's Consumer Bankruptcy Commission is among the witnesses scheduled to testify. Other witnesses include:
• Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould, Pastor, Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church (Jefferson City, MO) and Executive Director, Missouri Faith Voices
• Bhairavi Desai, Executive Director, New York Taxi Workers Alliance
• April Kuehnhoff, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center
• Sarah Auchterlonie, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Click here for more information, including the Committee Memorandum, legislation to be considered and a link to access the live webcast of the hearing tomorrow.
