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In November 2023,
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, held a conference call outlining concerns that servicemembers and their families are not receiving the credit report protections required by law from the big three credit reporting agencies. Brown, along with Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Banking Committee and Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and John Fetterman (D-PA) sent letters urging TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax to ensure servicemembers receive free credit monitoring services, active-duty alerts, and free access to credit reports, to protect these crucial reports from financial scams, identity theft, and other errors.
This was announced in a press release.