And debit card. The senate before the Senate Judiciary committee is two hours. Good morning, this hearing will come to order. American consumers today are rightly worried about inflation and rising prices for the goods they buy. Today we are going to talk about a hidden fee that fuels the fires of inflation across america every day. What they may not know is this wifi is contributing to the problem of inflation. When swipe fees on credit and debit card to go up, as they just recently did, it increases inflation. Consumers ultimately pay the price. Ironically, this journey for me started in this very room 16 years ago. Arland specter was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee. He called a key meeting on swipe fees and interchange fees. I intended because i was not familiar with those terms. I heard for the first time wettest life we was. The fact that i use my debit card and credit card a swipe fee was being charged to the retailer that i was ultimately paying. And then i learne
Good morning, this hearing will come to order. American consumers today are rightly worried about inflation and rising prices for the goods they buy. Today we are going to talk about a hidden fee that fuels the fires of inflation across america every day. What they may not know is this wifi is contributing to the problem of inflation. When swipe fees on credit and debit card to go up, as they just recently did, it increases inflation. Consumers ultimately pay the price. Ironically, this journey for me started in this very room 16 years ago. Arland specter was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee. He called a key meeting on swipe fees and interchange fees. I intended because i was not familiar with those terms. I heard for the first time wettest life we was. The fact that i use my debit card and credit card a swipe fee was being charged to the retailer that i was ultimately paying. And then i learned that there was virtually no negotiation in those fees. Retailers were at the