Oversight Hearing on Predatory Lending in Indian Country

Date: June 5, 2008

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 562

Witnesses

Ms. Jerilyn Decoteau

Director of Policy

First Nations Institute, Longmont, CO

Testimony

The Honorable W. Ron Allen

Secretary, National Congress of American Indians / Chairman, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Sequim, WA

Testimony

Ms. Donna Gambrell

Director, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Mr. Darwin Brokke

President

Citizen Community Credit Union, Devils Lake, ND

Testimony

Mr. John Barkley

Vice Chairman of the Umatilla Tribal Water Commission / Former Chairman of the Umatilla Tribal General Council

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR

Testimony

Mr. Jamie Fulmer

Director of Public Affairs, Advance America / Representative for Community Financial Services Association

Community Financial Services Association, Alexandria, VA

Testimony