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On the recordMay 12, 2021
I include in the Record a letter dated May 10, 2021, from about 85 different public interest and financial organizations supporting H.R. 2547. May 10, 2021. Re H.R. 2547, the ``Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act'' (Waters), which includes: HR 2540, the ``Small Business Fairness Lending Act'' (Velazquez). HR 1491, the ``Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act'' (Dean). HR 2498, the ``Private Loan Disability Discharge Act'' (Dean). HR 2537, the ``Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act'' (Tlaib). HR 1657, the ``Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act'' (Pressley). HR 2572, the ``Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act'' (Cleaver). HR 2628, the ``Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act'' (Meeks). HR 2458, the ``Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act'' (Auchincloss). Representative Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Representative Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy: The 85 undersigned public interest, legal services, consumer, labor, and civil rights organizations write in support of HR 2547 and urge you to support this legislation when it comes up for a vote on May 13th. Prior to the pandemic, the Urban Institute reported that more than 68 million adults in the U.S.…
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