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View in Browser     Join The Hill Virtually Live this week!   Modern Credit Systems, Alternative Data & The American Dream (1:00 PM ET) Consider the conventional portfolio of the American Dream: owning a home, buying a car, perhaps starting a small business—each typically requires a substantial amount of credit to turn the dream into a reality. For many Americans who lack access to traditional credit, these quintessential markers of stability and success may remain out of reach. Economists and some members of Congress have suggested incorporating alternative data like cell phone, utility and rent payments in credit scores. These data lines, currently excluded from traditional credit scores, could provide information on financial responsibility that would expand credit access. Can alternative data be used to increase access to credit for underserved families? What needs to be done for lenders to become comfortable using alternative data in credit underwriting? Featuring: Suze Orman, Personal Finance Expert John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Member, Financial Services Committee; Chair, Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Ranking Member, Financial Services Committee Michael Neal, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute Jeff Tucker, Senior Economist, Zillow Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center Watch Today! Tuesday, January 26 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT Join the conversation! Tweet us @TheHillEvents and #TheHillCredit Sponsored by FICO Listening to America (3:30 PM ET) The Biden-Harris administration is inheriting a deeply divided country at a time when we are also facing unprecedented challenges from a stubborn virus that has sickened or killed many Americans and hobbled the economy. The challenges are clear and daunting. However, the old adage that "all politics is local" still applies. The perspectives of constituents back home and local governments and jurisdictions have never been more important. What are the concerns of citizens in communities small and large, rural and urban? And even though there are more diverse voices in national offices than ever before, will traditionally underserved groups be heard? Featuring: Gov. Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Mayor, New Orleans, LA Mayor Javier E. Sánchez, Mayor, Española, NM Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, Barbara Jordan Chair and Director, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, UT-Austin LBJ School Hailama Farden, President, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Dr. Alicia Mousseau, Vice President, Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough, International Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council Watch Today! Tuesday, January 26 3:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM PT Join the conversation! Tweet us @TheHillEvents and #TheHillAmerica in partnership with The Bob Woodruff Foundation     Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Newsletters     Forward this Newsletter       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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