WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Sept. 20, 2023, entitled "Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services": * * * This hearing will come to order. New technology in our financial system has done plenty of good for Americans. The ATM gave people easier access to their own money. The Internet simplified bill paying and gave people new ways to access credit  more