WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement from a hearing dated May 2, 2024, entitled "Higher Prices: How Shrinkflation and Technology Impact Consumers' Finances": * * * This hearing will come to order. Every time Ohioans go to the grocery store, they're paying for corporate stock buybacks and executive bonuses. Prices today are far too high, and families are having a harder time find  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Adam Rust, director of financial services for the Consumer Federation of America, from a hearing dated May 9, 2024, entitled "Consumer Protection: Examining Fees in Financial Services and Rental Housing": * * * Honorable Chairman Brown and Ranking Member Scott: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this important issue. The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is an a  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Jessica M. Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a hearing dated May 8, 2024, entitled "Dream Deferred: The Urgent Need to Protect Immigrant Youth": * * * Thank you, Senator Graham and Senator Durbin, for the opportunity to participate in this hearing. The border crisis resulting from the deliberate dismantling of effective immigration controls by the Biden adminis  more