WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Jack Reed (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), John Fetterman (D-PA), Laphonza Butler (D-CA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Ben Ray Lujn (D-NM) are urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect Americans from predatory medical debt collection practices. Last year the CFPB announced several potential proposals to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports. In their letter, the Senators urged the CFPB to move forward with implementing these proposals to help address the burden of medical debt on working families.
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