We would urge you to support S. 916 it is the Junk Fee Prevention Act.
The smoke that we are seeing right now in Washington that is blanketing large portions of America right now is mostly coming from Canada.
I think junk fees sometimes is the wrong term because it does sound pejorative.
Absolutely.
I look forward to working with Senator Blackburn and make sure that this is a bipartisan effort.
small businesses are the backbone of our country and the backbone of our economy.
Thank you, Ms. Morwitz. I appreciate you taking the time to be with us.
We are, I think, all agree that customers benefit from transparent upfront pricing.
I am one of the biggest supporters you will ever find of public lands, and we do not want to ever compromise that.
This is our first hearing this Congress of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security.
Well, and you are not even talking about the context of AI, and it is--that is going to be a separate hearing, but that is coming.
Absolutely. Well, I appreciate all of your time and all of your work.
Hearing held on June 8, 2023
Action to address the consumer and competitive harm created by junk fees is urgently needed.
Yes, certainly the oftentimes many industries, in anticipation of legislation, move to be in compliance before the legislation is passed.
We had FTC members here, both Democrat and Republican nominees. They all said we needed to replace that.
I want to thank my colleagues, both who were here and were online.
If every company displayed all in, upfront pricing to consumers, small and large businesses would have a more level playing field.
