Full Committee Hearing

Consumer Protection and Middle Class Wealth Building in an Age of Growing Household Debt

Date:   Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Time:   03:00 PM

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The witnesses on Panel I will be: Mr. Atif Mian, Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, Haas School of Business and Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley; Ms. Katherine Porter, Professor of Law, University of California-Irvine School of Law; Mr. Robert Lawless, Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law; Mr. Ray Boshara, Senior Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; and Mr. Douglas Fecher, President and CEO, Wright-Patterson Federal Credit Union, Fairborn, Ohio. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Ms. Ida Rademacher, Vice President for Policy and Research, Corporation for Enterprise Development; and Ms. Susan Weinstock, Project Director, Safe Checking in the Electronic Age, The Pew Charitable Trusts. Additional witnesses may be announced at a later date. All hearings are webcasted live and will not be available until the hearing starts. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service, including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact the committee clerk at 202-224-7391 at least three business days in advance of the hearing date.

Witnesses

Witness Panel 1

  1. Mr. Ray Boshara
    Senior Advisor
    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  2. Mr. Douglas Fecher
    President and CEO
    Wright-Patterson Federal Credit Union, Fairborn, Ohio
  3. Mr. G. Michael Flores
    CEO
    Bretton Woods, Incorporated
  4. Mr. Robert Lawless
    Professor of Law
    University of Illinois College of Law
  5. Dr. Atif Mian
    Professor of Economics and Public Policy
    Princeton University
  6. Ms. Katherine Porter
    Professor of Law
    University of California-Irvine School of Law
  7. Ms. Ida Rademacher
    Vice President for Policy and Research
    Corporation for Enterprise Development
  8. Ms. Susan Weinstock
    Project Director, Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
    The Pew Charitable Trusts