Testimony in Support of HB 260—Residential Electricity and Gas Supply Billing Information—Reports
NCLC supports HB 260, which would help policymakers and regulators to better protect Maryland consumers
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Testimony During “Examining Discrimination in the Automobile Loan and Insurance Industries”
Written Testimony of John W. Van Alst Attorney, National Consumer Law Center and Director of NCLC’s Working Cars for Working Families Project Before the Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations U.S. House of Representatives “Examining Discrimination in the Automobile Loan and Insurance Industries.”
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Testimony Before the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly, 2019 Regular Session
The corrections telecommunications industry contracts with prison and jail systems (and immigrationdetention centers) to provide the exclusive means for prisoners to maintain contact with the outsideworld. Limiting such contact and charging inflated prices for it is unfair and exploitative, and weakensfamily bonds by reducing the frequency of contact between prisoners and their families, which is…
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Testimony Before Joint Financial Services Committee in Support of S.578/H.919: An Act Relative to Fairness in Debt Collection.
The National Consumer Law Center thanks Senator Eldridge for introducing S.578 and Representative Brodeur for introducing its companion H.919 and offers the following testimony in support of S.578/H.919
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Testimony Before House Financial Services Committee Regarding “Fair Credit Reporting Act: How It Functions for Consumers and the Economy”
Testimony before the COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CONSUMER CREDIT regarding “Fair Credit Reporting Act: How it Functions for Consumers and the Economy”
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Tax Tips for Older Adults
As the 2018 tax season begins to draw to a close, older adults should be wary of two tax time products offered by tax return preparers and lenders that could drain their hard-earned tax refunds: Refund Anticipation Checks (RAC) and Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs).
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Tables: Protecting Seriously Ill Consumers from Utility Disconnections
Tables 1, 2, and 3 of Protecting Seriously Ill Consumers From Utility Disconnections
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Syllabus in Ohio et al. v. American Express Co. et al.
Supreme Court of the United States, Ohio et al. v. American Express Co. et al.
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Support the Debt Collection Fairness Act (DCFA)
A group letter supporting S2734/H4694, An Act relative to fairness in debt collection (or the Debt Collection Fairness Act (DCFA)), within the text of S.2842/H.4887, An Act enabling partnerships for growth as you conference the Senate and House versions of the bill.
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Joint Letter: Support Strong Legislation to Stop Abusive Robocalls
Joint Consumer Letter to House to support for H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act
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Support of closing the 90/10 loophole in the American Rescue Plan
Letter in support of the provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that will close the 90/10 loophole and restore the intended impact of the rule. By accurately accounting for all taxpayer dollars that flow to for-profit colleges, this change will identify high-risk colleges that are overly dependent on federal subsidies, and that…
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