Letters to Congress: AFR Opposition Letter to Moran Amendment 2140 — A Radical Attack on Bank Supervision
AFR opposes a radical legislation that would put unprecedented new limits on the powers of bank examiners.
Category Archives: Letters to Congress
Letters to Congress: Protect the U.S. Economy — Vote For Sen. Brown Amendment No. 2080 on Foreign Banks
AFR supports Sen. Brown’s amendment that would guarantee that enhanced prudential safeguards remain in place at the U.S. operations of foreign mega-banks.
Letter to Congress: AFR Opposes S 2155
AFR sent a letter to the Senate opposing S 2155, a bill that would undermine financial protections established in the wake of the 2008 crisis. AFR Floor Opposition Letter to S 2155
Letters to Congress: S. 2155 — How An Already Bad Bill Could Become Even Worse
This memo offers discussion of ten House bills and lists all financial services bills in the House of the 115th Congress that received either 5+ Democratic votes in the Financial Services Committee or one third of Democratic votes on the House floor.
Joint Letters: More than 300 national, state and local organizations urge opposition to bringing CFPB funding under the Appropriations process
AFR and more than 300 organizations urge members of Congress to oppose any poison pill financial reform policy riders, whether to put the CFPB under the normal Appropriations process, otherwise weaken the authority, structure or independence of the CFPB.
Letters to Congress: AFR Urges Opposition to HR 4296—A Bill Tying Regulators Hands in Setting Operational Risk Capital
AFR sent a letter urging House members to vote “No” on H.R. 4296—a bill that would tie regulators hands in setting operational risk capital.
Joint Letter to Senate Minority Leader Schumer
Click to view or download PDF version of the letter. S. 2155, the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,” is a controversial bill that includes dozens of measures that deregulate banks and other financial entities and would harm consumers and the public interest,
Joint Letter to Senate Majority Leader McConnell
Click to view or download PDF version of the letter. S. 2155, the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,” would be the first major banking bill considered by the full Senate following passage in 2010 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Letters to Congress: AFR Urges Opposition to HR 3978 — A Bill Harming Investors and Consumers
AFR sent a letter urging House members to vote “No” on H.R. 3978 — a grab bag of bad legislative ideas that would weaken SEC oversight of Wall Street and undermine consumers, investors rights and protections.
Joint Letters: AFR and other 80 national, state and local organizations support the SAFE Lending Act of 2018.
The Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2018 is important legislation that will help safeguard consumers and law-abiding lenders from abuses rampant today in consumer lending.