Public Statements for the Antitrust and Consumer Law Community

• August 18, 2015 Statement in Support of the Debt-Buying Limitation Amendment Act of 2015
• October 7, 2014 Statement in Support of the Debt Buying Limitation Amendment Act of 2014 D.C. Bill 20-887
• March 3, 2014 Statement in Support of Bill 20-23, Legislation to Reform the Real Property Tax Sale Process in the District of Columbia
• October 4, 2012 Report and Statement in Support of The Consumer Protection Amendment Act of 2011 D.C. Bill 19-0581.
• May 23, 2012 Statement of Concern about District of Columbia Government Tax Lien Foreclosure Procedures.
• April 28, 2010 Cosponsor Statement by the Litigation Section opposing the Mayor's recommendation to cut $1 million in civil legal services and loan forgiveness.
• July 28, 2009 Cosponsor Litigation Section public statement opposing the Mayor's recommendation to cut $1.8 million in civil legal services and loan forgiveness.
• January 18, 2006 Cosponsor statement by the District of Columbia Affairs Section regarding Congressional Voting Rights for Residents of the District of Columbia.
• June 17, 1999 Statement in Support of Proposed Bill 13-141, "Prohibition Against the Use of Social Security Numbers Act of 1999."
• April 22, 1999 Statement about Consumer Protection in the District of Columbia Following the Suspension of DCRA Enforcement of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act.
• November 10, 1997 Report on the Enforcement of the Healthcare Entity Conversion Amendment Act of 1997.
• September 23, 1997 Recommendations to the Public Roundtable on the Business Regulatory Reform Commission's Recommendations on improving business regulation in the District of Columbia.
• May 24, 1996 Comments in a letter to Honorable John Ray, Chairman Pro Tempore, Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, regarding the proposed District of Columbia Mortgage Lender and Broker Act of 1996, Bill #11-637.
• February 15, 1996 Comments in letter to the Hon. David Clarke, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, regarding recommendations for streamlining consumer protection under the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA).
• August 31, 1995 Comments in a letter to Stephen Calkins, General Counsel, and Joyce Plyer, Task Force Counsel, Federal Trade Commission regarding the FTC Rules of Practice for Adjudicative Proceedings.
• May 8, 1995 Comments in a letter to Chairman David Clarke and Mayor Marion Barry regarding a request that the D.C. City Council and Mayor Marion Barry revisit a section of the D.C. Code whereby maximum allowable credit rates are to be adjusted in accordance with the prevailing economic conditions.
• March 17, 1995 Follow-up letter to Chairman David Clarke and Council members of the Council of the District of Columbia concerning the Section's previous public statement, dated December 19, 1994, regarding the proposal to suspend all enforcement of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act. **
• December 19, 1994 Comments in a letter to Chairman David Clarke and Council members of the Council of the District of Columbia regarding the proposal to suspend all enforcement of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act.
• July 24, 1989 Letter urging the President to fill remaining vacancies in key federal regulatory agencies.
• June 1989 Letter to the Honorable John Ray, Chair of the Committee on Sonsumer and Regulatory Affairs Council of the District of Columbia, commenting on the proposed D.C. Consumer Credit Repair Organization Act of 1989.
• May 15, 1989 Letter to the Honorable John Ray, Chair of the Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Council of the District of Columbia, regarding Bill 8-111 (The D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act of 1989).
• Undated, 1989 Recommendations for improving the services of the Consumer Product Safety Commision.
• Undated, 1987 Letter regarding the D.C. Board of Consumer Claims Arbitration.
• January 27, 1986 Amicus Brief on City of Riverside, et al., v. Santos Rivera, et al.
• December 23, 1985 Letter regarding the Consumer Protection Procedures Act, Sec. 28-3901.
• Undated, 1985 Comments to Senate Judiciary Committee on S. 1300, the Individual Treble Damages Liability Act of 1985.
• Undated, 1985 Letter regarding S.412, the "Beer Bill"
• February 22, 1985 Letter supporting efforts to retain adequate funding for the Superior Court's Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Program.
• December 21, 1984 Study on Regulation of Cosmetologists in the District of Columbia.
• Undated, 1984 Letter regarding improvements in the Consumer Protection Procedures Act, Sec. 38-3901.
• October 26, 1984 Letter to the Editor of the Daily Washington Law Reporter seeking publication of DCRA orders.
• August 22, 1984 Letter regarding the revisions to District of Columbia Automobile Consumer Protection Act of 1984, Bill 5-288.
• July 12, 1984 Proposal to support and assist with the establishment of a D.C. Voluntary Code of Ethics for Auto Advertising.
• January 10, 1984 Letter regarding the District of Columbia Automobile Consumer Protection Act of 1984, Bill 5-288.
• Undated, 1984 Comments on the proposed increase in the jurisdictional limit of the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch of the D.C. Superior Court.
• November 30, 1983 Opposition of proposed amendment to exempt lawyers from the FTC's consumer protection jurisdiction.
• November 28, 1983 Comments on the New Automobile Consumer Protection Act of 1983, Bill 5-288.
• October 18, 1983 Comments on proposed changes in the District of Columbia Unfair and Deceptive Insurance Practices Act.
• June 7, 1983 Opposition to Bill 4-193, "The Interest Rate Ceiling Amendment Act of 1983"
• May 10, 1983 Recommendation to enact a "Good Driver Protection" law entitling good drivers to obtain auto insurance at standard rates from the company of their choice.

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