ADVISORY: AG Goddard, Sen Majority Leader Gray Oppose Payday Loan Bill — Press Conf Tuesday 10:00AM
PRESS ADVISORY
March 15, 2010
CONTACT:
David Higuera, AZ for Responsible Lending (520) 907-2080
Molly Edwards, Attorney General Terry Goddard (602) 542-8019
Tuesday Press Conference at Capitol to Underscore
Bipartisan Opposition to HB2370 – Payday Loans
PHOENIX – Attorney General Terry Goddard, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Gray, Sen. John Nelson, Sen. Debbie McCune Davis, and nationally-recognized consumer advocate Jean Ann Fox will hold a press conference Tuesday morning about HB2370 – the payday loan strike-everything bill to be heard later Tuesday in Senate Appropriations Committee.
HB2370, like HB2161 earlier in the session, would authorize 400% payday loans to continue in Arizona indefinitely, and extend payday lenders’ special exemption from the state Consumer Loan Act.
WHAT:
Press Conference re: Payday Loan Re-Authorization Bill, HB2370
WHEN:
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
10:00 AM
WHERE:
Senate Hearing Room 3
Arizona State Senate
1700 West Washington
WHO:
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard
Sen. John Nelson (R-Glendale)
Jean Ann Fox, Director of Financial Services, Consumer Federation of America
Sen. Debbie McCune Davis (D-Phoenix)
Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Gray (R-Mesa)
Time for Q&A with all speakers will be provided after presentations.
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Paid for by Arizonans for Responsible Lending
Major Funding by AARP Arizona
Center for Responsible Lending, N.C., SEIU, Washington, and SIMG, Tucson.
Additional Support from Arizona State Credit Union, UFCW Local 99 Arizona
The Arizona Credit Union League, The Center for Economic Integrity
and Mi Familia Vota