Oversight of Telemarketing Practices and the Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA)

Hearing
Date:  Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Time:  2:30 PM

The Committee will examine three major consumer protection and fraud prevention issues under the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): (1) the effectiveness of the national Do-Not-Call registry and current legislative proposals to improve the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003; (2) the effectiveness of CROA and possible legislative initiatives to clarify the language of the Act; and (3) telemarketing fraud, particularly against older Americans.

Testimony

  • Lydia Parnes

    Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
    Federal Trade Commission

Witness Panel 2

  • Richard Johnson

    Member of the Board of Directors
    AARP
  • Robin Holland

    Senior Vice President of Global Operations
    Equifax Inc.
  • Jerry Cerasale

    Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
    Direct Marketing Association
  • Steve St. Clair

    Assistant Attorney General
    State of Iowa
  • Joanne S. Faulkner

    testifying on behalf of the National Association of Consumer Advocates
Print 
Email 
Share 
Share