The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Wednesday about the Obama administration's proposed new Consumer Financial Protection Agency. The witness list featured folks from the banking industry, like John Courson, president of the Mortgage Bankers Association, and Steve Bartlett, president of the Financial Services Roundtable. Both testified against the creation of a new consumer protection agency.

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