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Credit repair (34) Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA) (15)

In May 2008, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee held a Hearing on Examining the Need for H.R. 2885, the Credit Monitoring Clarification Act. The bill is sponsored by U.S. Reps. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) and Ed Royce (R-CA).

There were four witnesses:

• J. Howard Beales, III, Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy, School of Business, George Washington University
• Leonard A. Bennett, Consumer Litigation Associates, P.C.
• Anne P. Fortney, Partner, Hudson Cook, LLP
• Robin Holand, Senior Vice President, Global Consumer Services, Equifax

The record included additional prepared statements form Hon. Ginny Brown-Waite, Hon. Andre Carson, and Hon. Paul Kanjorski. The record also has a letter to Chairman Barney Frank from the Federal Trade Commission, dated May 20,

The printed hearing (Serial No. 110–112) is available online.