Faculty testify before Congress
Within the last few months, two Emory faculty have testified before various congressional committees.
Tax and Finance
Within the last few months, two Emory faculty have testified before various congressional committees.
Dorothy Brown, Asa Griggs Candler Professor Law, was invited to testify at the full committee hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, in the session entitled "Combating Inequality: The Tax Code and Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities," Brown discussed three ways that tax policies are more likely to provide tax breaks for white Americans than Black Americans. The first looked at the tax breaks for marriage. The second looked at tax breaks for sales of homes. The third looked at tax breaks for employer provided retirement accounts. Brown also testified before the US Congress Joint Economic Committee. Kristin Johnson, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, was invited to testify at a hearing before the United States House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services at the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions entitled, “Banking Innovation or Regulatory Evasion? Exploring Modern Trends in Financial Institution Charters.” In her testimony, Johnson talked about the colossal technology firms that chiefly provide com-mercial and consumer services, such as Google or Amazon, as well as smaller technology-based platforms that offer payment transfers and firms operating on the fringes or in the shadows of payment, custody, and monetary transfer services.
