WITNESS LIST

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

HEARING ON CONSUMER ISSUES ON H.R. 3150, "BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT OF 1998," H.R. 2500, "RESPONSIBLE BORROWER PROTECTION ACT"

AND H.R. 3146, "CONSUMER LENDERS AND BORROWERS BANKRUPTCY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1998"

TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1998, 10:00 A.M., 2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING



PANEL I



Honorable Bill McCollum (R-FL)



Honorable Rick Boucher (D-VA)



Honorable Jim Moran (D-VA)





PANEL II



Honorable Edith Hollan Jones

Judge

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit



Honorable Randall J. Newsome

U. S. Bankruptcy Judge

Northern District of California



Lloyd N. Cutler, Esquire

Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering

representing the Bankruptcy Issues Council





PANEL III



Honorable Heidi Heitkamp

Attorney General of the State of North Dakota

representing the National Association of Attorneys General



Karen Cosgrove

Vice President of Business Operations of Kemp Management

representing the National Multi Housing and National Apartment Association



John J. Gleason

Vice President/Credit of Bon-Ton Department Stores

representing the National Retail Federation



Bruce L. Hammonds

Senior Vice Chairman and COO

MBNA America Bank, N.A.



Janet Kubica

CEO of Postmark Credit Union

representing the Credit Union National Association



William T. Kosturko

Executive Vice President of People's Bank of Bridgeport, CT

representing America's Community Bankers





PANEL IV



Nicholl Russell

former debtor



James (Ike) Shulman

representing the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys



Henry J. Sommer

Of Counsel with Miller, Frank & Miller and

Supervising Attorney, Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project



Matthew J. Mason

Assistant Director, UAW - GM Legal Services Plan





PANEL V



Stuart A. Feldstein

President of SMR Research Corporation



Mark Lauritano

Senior Vice President of WEFA, Inc.



Professor Lawrence M. Ausubel

Department of Economics at the University of Maryland



Vern McKinley

Attorney and regular policy contributor for Cato Institute

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