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Congressional Testimony by Mark Kantrowitz

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, hearing entitled Turmoil in US Credit Markets: Impact on the Cost and Availability of Student Loans, April 15, 2008.

The witness list included: Mr. John (Jack) F. Remondi, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, Sallie Mae, Inc.; Mr. Tom Deutsch, Deputy Executive Director, American Securitization Forum; Ms. Patricia McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University; Ms. Sarah Flanagan, Vice President for Policy Development, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; and Mr. Mark Kantrowitz, Publisher, FinAid.org.

Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, public hearing entitled Session III: Simplification of Expected Family Contribution Determination, September 19, 2006. Mark Kantrowitz's testimony concerned Simplifying the EFC Formula.

Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, hearing entitled The Rising Cost of College Tuition and the Effectiveness of Government Financial Aid, February 10, 2000. Mark Kantrowitz's testimony concerned scholarship scams.

The witness list included: Lawrence E. Galdieux, The College Board, Washington, D.C.; Michael S. McPherson, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota; Jerry S. Davis, USA Group Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana; Mark Kantrowitz, FinAid, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Patricia Somers, University of Missouri, St. Louis.

Senate Judiciary Committee, hearing entitled Solving the Problem of Scholarship Scams to discuss S1455, The College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 1999, October 6, 1999. Mark Kantrowitz testified in support of the act, which ultimately became Public Law 106-420. See also Mark Kantrowitz's written testimony.

The witness list included: Sheila F. Anthony, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Susan O'Flaherty, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo; Mark Kantrowitz, FinAid/eduPass, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Sanjeev Bery, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Washington, D.C.