Consumer Federation of America (CFA), U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG)
Travis B. Plunkett, Legislative Director, Edmund Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director
Founded in 1968 to advance consumers’ interests through advocacy and education, the CFA is a nonprofit association of more than 280 consumer groups. U.S. PIRG serves as the federation of and Federal advocacy office for the State PIRGs, which are nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest advocacy groups. Travis B. Plunkett and Edmund Mierzwinski also testified on of behalf of ACORN, Americans for Fairness in Lending, the Center of Responsible Lending, Consumer Action, Consumers Union, Demos, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center, and the National Training and Information Center in support of H.R. 627. The following is…