Committee Hearings, Predatory Lending
This page contains testimony given before Congressional committees related
to this issue. Note that many organizations giving testimony before committees
also have statements and information available on their own webpages. That material
is available under organizational statements.
This page contains all abstracts from hearings, but only selected transcripts
released electronically by the relevant committee.
Abstracts:
- House Committee
on Financial Services, October 3, 2002
- Senate Committee
on Appropriations, May 14, 2001
- Senate Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, January 8, 2002
- Senate Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, May 14, 2001
- Senate Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, July 26 & 27, 2001
Testimony:
- Mel
Martinez, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: House
Appropriations Committee, Veterans Subcommittee; March 19, 2002
- Frank
Torres-Legislator Counsel, Consumer Union: House Financial Services Committee,
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcomittee; May 2, 2001
- Kevin
E. Marchman, Executive Director of the National Organization of African Americans
in Housing; House Committee on Financial Services; April 23, 2002
- Kenneth
L. Marcus, General Director-U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
House Financial Services Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcomittee;
June 25, 2002
- Mel
Martinez, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: House
Financial Services Committee; October 3, 2002
- U.S. Representative
Michael Oxley (R-OH); Chairman, House Financial Services Committee; February
27, 2002
- John Taylor,
President and CEO, National Community Reinvestment Coalition; House Financial
Services Committee, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee;
July 24, 2002
- Cindy Hounsell,
Executive Director, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement; Senate Special
Aging Committee; May 23, 2002
- Mel
Martinez, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: House
Appropriations Committee, VA, HUD, and and Independent Agencies Subcommittee;
May 23, 2001
- U.S.
Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD); Senate Appropriations Committee, VA HUD
Appropriations Subcommittee; June 14, 2001
- U.S.
Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Chairman; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban
Development Committee; Senate Banking Subcommittee; February 13, 2002
- U.S.
Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Chairman; Senate Housing and Urban Development
Committee; Senate Banking Subcommittee; February 5, 2002
- Irv
Ackelsburg, Managing Attorney, Community Legal Services; Senate Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs; July 27, 2001
- U.S.
Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO); Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Development
Committee; July 26, 2001
- David
Barenbaum, Senior Vice President, Program & Director of Civil Rights National
Community Reinvestment Coalition; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee; July 27, 2001
- Esther
Canja, President, AARP; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee;
July 27, 2001
- John
Courson, Chairman Elect, Mortgage Bankers Association; Senate Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs; January 8, 2002
- John
Courson, Chairman Elect, Mortgage Bankers Association; Senate Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs; July 27, 2001
- David
R. Donaldson, Donaldson & Guin, LLC; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs Committee; January 8, 2002
- Joseph
L. Falk, President, National Association of Mortgage Brokers; Senate Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs; January 8, 2002
- Neil
Fendly, Past President of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers; Senate
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; July 27, 2001
- U.S.
Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX); Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; July,
26, 2001
- Alan
Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs;
February 5, 2002
- Wayne
Henderson, Executive Director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Senate
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; July 27, 2001
- Rita
Herrod, Private Citizen from West Virginia; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs Committee; January 8, 2002
- Beatrice
Hiers, Private Citizen from Maryland; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee; January 8, 2002
- Professor
Howell E. Jackson, Finn M.W. Caspersen And Household International Professor
of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Special Programs, Harvard University;
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; January 8, 2002
- Susan
M. Johnson, Private Citizen from Minnesota; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs Committee; January 8, 2002
- Judith
A. Kennedy, President, National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders;
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; July 27, 2001
- Carol
Mackey, Private Citizen from Rochestor Hills, Michigan; Senate Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs Committee; July 26, 2001
- Mel
Martinez, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Senate
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; December 13, 2001
- Jonathon
Miller, Treasurer, Commonwealth of Kentucky; Senate Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs Committee; September 5, 2002
- David
Olson, President, David Olson Research; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs Committee; January 8, 2002
- Paul
O'Neill, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Senate Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs Committee; February 5, 2002
- Ira
Rheingold, Executive Director, National Association of Consumer Advocates;
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; January 8, 2002
- U.S.
Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Chairman; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs Committee; January 8, 2002
- U.S.
Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Chairman; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs Committee; February 5, 2002
- Paul
Satriano, Member of Minnesota Acorn; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee; July 26, 2001
- Mike Shea,
Executive Director of Acorn Housing Corportation; Senate Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs Committee; July 27, 2001
- Senator
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee;
February 5, 2002
- George
J. Wallace, American Financial Services Association; Senate Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs Committee; July 27, 2001
- Jeffrey
Zeltzer, Executive Director, Nhema's; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee; July 27, 2001
- Mel Martinez,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Senate Finance Committee; February
13, 2002