Up next testimony from dacts lien kraniger. She talks about her agencys role in protecting consumers during the pandemic. This hearing will come to order. This hearing is another remote video hearing. Ill go through quickly some of the standard reminders to remind everybody, once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your picture shows on the screen. To minimize background noise, please remember to click the mute button until it is your and if theres a technology issue, weve move on until it gets resolved. The fiveminute time still some senators say they dont seem to be able to find that. If you go to the righthand side of the screen and move your mouse, some options will show up. One of them is the grid view. If you click grid view, you will see a grid of everybody, and one of the things youll see is the clock. Ill try to gently remind people, because some senator have asked for the reminder because they cant see the clock. Again senator brown and i have agreed to go
Right now in southeast d. C. On n street. A family wasti inside at the of the fire. News4 derrick ward is on the scene now with the latest from fire official. Good rning, derrick. Reporter good morning. Crews have been the scene here since about 3 30. We are in the 3500 block of street southeast. The good news, both occupants of safely. Use got out and how that all happened is sort of a tale about the importance ofthings like smoke widetectors. Th sme is veto. You had it was a smoke detectors that made this is not intaed as it could have been . Sure. When you get a call at 3 30 in the morning about a fire alarm, fortunately they had working smoke dettors that activated. The daughter was able t get to her mom and drag t herthe safety of the front door and we helped them out the rest the way. Wend the fire was containene to ooom in this house . It was contained to one bedroom. The investigators searching for thecause. We have evaluated both occupants medically and they are fine and eclin
Seattlebase turned hacker in this case. Capital one also saying in the wake of this breach, they have strengthened their cyber defenses. Jummy olabanji is working for what you need to this is one of those thing even if youre not a capital one customer, its something to Pay Attention to because in recen year, we have seen these breaches with wells fargo and equifax. If you think you may be impacted, call the bank and cancel your credit and debit card numbers and request new rds with new numbers. You can also contact the three big Credit Reporting Companies and have them place alerts on your account. That way youre protected in case someone try to open a new line of cred with your information. If you do use online banking, which many people do these days, go ahead and change the password on your account. One last headsup here. When the big breaches happen, scammers try toadake ntage. You may get an email in the coming weeks saying you may have been impacted and put in your personal infor
Credit reporting agencies, equifax, trans union, and experience. On Consumer Credit reporting. You are watching live coverage here on cspan. Thank you for the Witnesses Today for joining us. Three Witnesses Today, plain and simple, determined the Financial Futures of every american. Equifax, experian, trans union. This countrys biggest credit unions, im sorry, biggest Credit Reporting agencies. As you know, we have talked tremendous power over peoples life. The information you collect and putting peoples Credit Reports determined, determines whether people can get a mortgage or buy a car, where Interest Rates they pay, what credit cards they can get at what rate, whether they will get insurance, what they pay for it, whether they will be able to rent an apartment, whether they will be accepted for a job. All of that, in some, sense is in your hands. These companies are not just keepers of consumer data. They essentially managed or mismanaged, its the case, maybe, americans financial re
Credit reporting agencies, equifax, trans union, and experience. On Consumer Credit reporting. You are watching live coverage here on cspan. Thank you for the Witnesses Today for joining us. Three Witnesses Today, plain and simple, determined the Financial Futures of every american. Equifax, experian, trans union. This countrys biggest credit unions, im sorry, biggest Credit Reporting agencies. As you know, we have talked tremendous power over peoples life. The information you collect and putting peoples Credit Reports determined, determines whether people can get a mortgage or buy a car, where Interest Rates they pay, what credit cards they can get at what rate, whether they will get insurance, what they pay for it, whether they will be able to rent an apartment, whether they will be accepted for a job. All of that, in some, sense is in your hands. These companies are not just keepers of consumer data. They essentially managed or mismanaged, its the case, maybe, americans financial re