We are seeing the planning at the fireshed level, trying to make us more resilient from future wildfires.

If every company displayed all in, upfront pricing to consumers, small and large businesses would have a more level playing field.

Action to address the consumer and competitive harm created by junk fees is urgently needed.

Thank you, Ms. Morwitz. I appreciate you taking the time to be with us.

I call this hearing to order. Welcome. This is our first hearing this Congress of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security.

If every company displayed all in, upfront pricing to consumers, small and large businesses would have a more level playing field.

Absolutely. Well, I appreciate all of your time and all of your work.

small businesses are the backbone of our country and the backbone of our economy.

I think junk fees sometimes is the wrong term because it does sound pejorative.

You know, the thing I would add to that, that we have had from--heard from roundtables, especially with older consumers when they are working online, there is a level of frustration where they get to a certain point and they are faced with…

We are, I think, all agree that customers benefit from transparent upfront pricing.

Action to address the consumer and competitive harm created by junk fees is urgently needed.

I look forward to working with Senator Blackburn and make sure that this is a bipartisan effort to make progress on issues that are within the jurisdiction of this subcommittee.

Great. Thank you very much. I thank all of you. Appreciate you spending the time.

We would urge you to support S. 916 it is the Junk Fee Prevention Act.

Statement of Senator Hickenlooper

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.