Remarks

Re: MOHELA’s Performance as a Student Loan Servicer

Testimony of Mike PierceExecutive Director of the Student Borrower Protection CenterBefore the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Examining Student Loan Servicers and Their Impact on Workers May 5, 2022 Click here to read the full remarks of Mike Pierce to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs...

Testimony on the importance of cities taking action to understand how student debt is affecting communities of color and the value of gathering this information to support borrowers.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify in favor of A.4407, which prevents state resources from flowing to schools and training programs that require students to consent to arbitration and waive other rights prior to a dispute arising.

Testimony in support of legislation which defines and addresses some of the most critical elements affecting students in the event of a disorderly school closure.

Testimony of Katherine Welbeck Before the California Assembly Select Committee on Student Debt: Student Debt Impacts on California Neighborhoods

We cannot continue to ignore the trillion-dollar blackhole in our financial markets. As it has done time and again, this Committee must act. 

Small solutions lead to small outcomes. We need systemic reform. Not only for the 44 million student loan borrowers saddled with a bill each month, but also for the nearly 20,000 cities and towns in the country that are left with the fallout.

Seth Frotman's testimony at the California Assembly hearing, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: An Examination of the CFPB under the current Federal Administration and Options for California to Protect its Consumers.

Seth Frotman's testimony at the Congressional hearing, "Putting Consumers First? A Semi-Annual Review of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau."