CSPAN3 Hearing Examining Credit Debit Card Transaction Fees July 19, 2022
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 were going to talk about a hidden fee that fuels the fires of inflation across america every day. What they may not know is this swipe fee is contributing to the problem of inflation. When swipe fees on credit and debit cards go up, as they recently did, it increases inflation. Consumers ultimately pay the price. Ironically, this journey for me started in this very room 16 years ago. Arlen specter was a chairman at the senate judiciary. He ...