{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/mccaskill-backed-bill-to-increase-consumer-protections-grow-small-business-clears-key-committee-hurdle", "McCaskill-Backed Bill to Increase Consumer Protections, Grow Small Business, Clears Key Committee Hurdle", "2017-12-11", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "McCaskill-Backed Bill to Increase Consumer Protections, Grow Small Business, Clears Key Committee Hurdle \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Financial legislation includes Senator\u2019s bipartisan bill to protect seniors from exploitation Senator: \u2018This is exactly what Missourians expect us to be doing\u2014working together, across party lines, to solve real problems facing Missouri families\u2019 \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMonday, December 11, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, along with a group of 19 colleagues, to increase consumer protections, cut burdensome regulation, and support small businesses cleared a key hurdle when it was passed by the Senate Banking Committee and now heads to the Senate floor.\r\n\u201cThis is exactly what Missourians expect us to be doing\u2014working together, across party lines, to solve real problems facing Missouri families, especially our most vulnerable seniors,\u201d McCaskill said. \u201cThis plan is a win-win\u2014helping protect seniors from financial exploitation and increasing consumer protections against identity theft, all while cutting unnecessarily regulations for community banks that help small businesses across Missouri grow and thrive.\u201d\r\nIncluded in the bipartisan plan is McCaskill\u2019s Senior$afe Act, which would encourage and allow the employees of financial institutions to report suspected exploitive or fraudulent activity to authorities when they suspect that a customer might be the victim of financial exploitation.\r\nThe sweeping legislation includes provisions of McCaskill\u2019s bipartisan bill\u2014cosponsored by Republican Senator David Perdue of Georgia, and championed by Missouri Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer\u2014to provide regulatory relief to small regional banks subject to unnecessarily overly-burdensome regulations put in place by the \u201cDodd-Frank\u201d financial reform bill. Those rules that were never intended for banks that primarily engage in ordinary consumer banking practices.\r\nMcCaskill has been a longtime advocate on behalf of Missouri\u2019s consumers. Included in this bipartisan legislation are protections for consumers who fall victim to fraud and tough financial times, including one free year of fraud alerts for consumers impacted by the Wells Fargo scandal and the Equifax breach, as well as gives consumers one free credit freeze and unfreeze per year. And it would shield veterans from having certain medical debt appear on credit reports.\r\nAdditionally, McCaskill\u2019s legislation acknowledges that home-ownership is central to the America\u2019s economic health, and makes it easier for small financial institutions to lend to Missouri families, while supporting low income families.\r\nVisit mccaskill.senate.gov/consumers to learn more about McCaskill's fight to protect consumers.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/mccaskill-backed-bill-to-increase-consumer-protections-grow-small-business-clears-key-committee-hurdle"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.307941973209381, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}