Americans for Financial Reform

Government Category: Advocacy Documents

Letter to Congress: AFR and 67 Organizations Oppose Slew of Bills Attacking CFPB

Full letter here The 68 undersigned community, civil rights, consumer, civic and other organizations urge you tooppose the bills, listed below, which would undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau(CFPB) and threaten its statutorily mandated consumer protection mission. The Bureau wasintentionally designed by Congress to function independently, to be led by an independent director,and with a

Statement: Cheering the 15-Year Track Record of Dodd-Frank Act

Full statement here Americans for Financial Reform appreciates the opportunity to provide a Statement for the Record for the House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Dodd-Frank Turns 15: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead.” The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) was put in place to address the massive, systemic failures that

Letter to Congress: Coalition Letter in Opposition to the CLARITY Act

View or download a full version of the PDF letter here. The 82 investor, consumer, and other advocacy organizations undersigned below write to expressour opposition to the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633). This bill creates a weak regulatory structure forcrypto assets, actors, and activities that effectively deregulates much of the crypto sector, either bytotally exempting many