THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing entitled, “Protecting Americans from Debt Traps by Extending the Military's 36% Interest Rate Cap to Everyone.”  The witnesses on Panel I will be: The Honorable Glenn Grothman, Representative (WI-6), United States House of Representatives; The Honorable Jesús G. “Chuy” García, Representative (IL-4), United States House of Representatives; and The Honorable Barry Loudermilk, Representative (GA-11), United States House of Representatives. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Mrs. Hollister K. Petraeus, Former Assistant Director for Servicemember Affairs, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Ms. Ashley Harrington, Federal Advocacy Director and Senior Counsel, Center for Responsible Lending; Mr. Richard Williams, President/CEO, Essential Federal Credit Union; Mr. Bill Himpler, President & CEO, American Financial Services Association; Professor Thomas W. Miller, Jr., Jack Lee Chair in Financial Institutions and Consumer Finance, Mississippi State University; and Mr. David Pommerehn, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Consumer Bankers Association.

Pursuant to guidance from the CDC and OAP, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this briefing. We encourage the public to utilize the Committee’s livestream of the hearing, available on the website at http://www.banking.senate.gov.

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