It’s Time to Stand Up For Consumer Protection. Again.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is still under attack. And it remains important for people to speak out on why we need a tough and effective watchdog standing up for the public interest in the consumer financial marketplace.

The House Committee on Financial Services majority is asking  individuals and businesses to weigh in with stories about how the CFPB is hurting the public, arguing once again – without any evidence – that business as usual is the solution and consumer regulation is the problem.. Their language echoes the rhetoric of the payday lenders who want to continue charging 300%-plus interest, the auto dealers defending bonuses for putting borrowers into unnecessarily expensive loans, and the worst elements of the mortgage industry resisting rules that require them to simply verify the ability of borrowers to repay their loans.

You can set the record straight. Let the committee know why we need the CFPB, or how it is making a difference for the better.

This is the same financial industry that, with its allies in Washington, has persistently campaigned to weaken and undermine the CFPB.  We can’t let the industry win. What the committee should hear is the real story about financial abuses that impact Americans, about what the CFPB is already tangibly doing to help families and communities and make the market fairer, and about all the necessary work that remains.

If you have a story to tell about how the CFPB has helped you, or why you believe it is a positive force in the financial marketplace, please fill out the survey. Let the House Committee know the side of the story it doesn’t want to hear.

And please send us a copy of your story as well, because the Committee will likely not use or share any messages that go against its preconceptions. Please send to info@ourfinancialsecurity.org.