SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BALDWIN 135 136 137 210 212 BIDEN 71 73 BRUCE COHEN 5 BRYANT 46 130 131 132 133 134 CHABOT 50 DEAR CHAIRMAN HYDE 279 283 310 DEAR CONGRESSMAN HYDE 301 339 DEAR MR. HYDE 249 DEAR REPRESENTATIVE GEKAS 205 DELAHUNT 35 36 37 38 46 48 50 DODD 21 27 GEKAS 11 20 26 27 29 30 35 38 40 46 48 49 50 54 56 59 71 73 82 90 92 103 107 123 124 125 130 134 135 138 139 153 165 178 190 191 192 193 194 195 199 200 202 204 205 207 208 209 212 GEORGE W. GEKAS 205 GRASSLEY 14 HAMMONDS 74 127 128 129 133 HENRY J. HYDE 249 278 283 300 310 338 JAMES W. HARPER 4 JOHN MCMICKLE 6 JONES 142 194 195 196 199 200 JULIAN EPSTEIN 4 KENNER 82 125 129 133 136 KLEIN 104 108 124 134 135 138 KOLAN DAVIS 6 MANUS COONEY 5 MILLER 153 196 197 198 203 204 205 207 208 209 MORAN 54 59 NADLER 29 30 38 41 48 49 126 127 128 129 138 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 209 212 NUSS 91 94 130 131 134 RAYMOND V. SMIETANKA 4 RITA LARI 6 SESSIONS 30 35 36 37 38 39 40 SHEAFFER 62 131 132 133 137 138 SUSAN JENSEN-CONKLIN 4 THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR 3 WARREN 178 190 191 192 193 194 199 200 201 202 203 204 210 212 WEINER 46 ZYWICKI 165 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN GEKAS PAGE 11 STATEMENT OF DEAN SHEAFFER, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF CREDIT, BOSCOV'S DEPARTMENT STORE, INC., LAUREL DALE, PA, REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION PAGE 62 STATEMENT OF BRUCE L. HAMMONDS, SENIOR VICE CHAIRMAN AND CEO, MBNA AMERICA BANK, N.A., WILMINGTON, DE PAGE 74 STATEMENT OF CAROL J. KENNER, U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGE, DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON, MA PAGE 82 STATEMENT OF LARRY NUSS, CEO, CEDAR FALLS COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION, CEDAR FALLS, IA, REPRESENTING THE CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. PAGE 91 STATEMENT OF GARY KLEIN, ESQUIRE, SENIOR ATTORNEY, NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER, BOSTON, MA PAGE 103 STATEMENT OF EDITH HOLLAN JONES, JUDGE, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, AND MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY REVIEW COMMISSION, HOUSTON, TX PAGE 142 STATEMENT OF JUDITH GREENSTONE MILLER, REPRESENTING THE COMMERCIAL LAW LEAGUE OF AMERICA, BIRMINGHAM, MI PAGE 153 STATEMENT OF TODD ZYWICKI, PROFESSOR, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, ARLINGTON, VA PAGE 165 STATEMENT OF ELIZABETH WARREN, LEO GOTTLIEB PROFESSOR OF LAW, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA PAGE 178 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING