Government Category: Advocacy Documents

Letters to Congress: Letter Urging The Senate to Reconfirm Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw to the Securities and Exchange Commission

View or download a PDF of the letter here. Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen joined exactly 70 labor, community, consumer, environmental, and public interest organizations sent a letter urging the U.S. Senate to reconfirm Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Commissioner Crenshaw is a qualified and tested leader who will protect

Letters to Congress: Letter Urging Senate Majority Leader Schumer to Confirm Pending Nominees

Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen along with 77 organizations and labor unions that advocate for racial, social, economic, and climate justice, wrote to urge Senate Majority Leader Schumer to confirm pending nominees for financial regulators and independent agencies like the National Labor Relations Board.

Statement: To the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing on “Consumer Protection: Protecting Workers’ Money and Fighting for the Dignity of Work”

Statement for the Record On Behalf of Americans For Financial Reform Before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing on “Consumer Protection: Protecting Workers’ Money and Fighting for the Dignity of Work” Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) appreciates the opportunity to provide a Statement for the Record for the Senate

Letters to Congress: Letter Urging Senate Majority to Confirm Pending Nominees

Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen along with 50 organizations that advocate for racial, social, economic, and climate justice, wrote to urge Senate Majority Leader Schumer to confirm pending nominees for financial regulators and independent agencies like the National Labor Relations Board.

Letters to Regulators: NCUA Budget for 2025-2026 Should Dedicate Funding to Support Climate Financial Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilience Opportunities for Credit Unions & Their Members

Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund led and submitted a letter to the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) on the agency’s draft 2025-2026 budget. It urges NCUA to appropriately dedicate funding to support credit unions on climate-related financial risk mitigation, climate resilience, and providing safe, equitable green lending for their members. The letter was endorsed by

Letters to Congress: AFR Leads 25-Organization Letter Opposing Broad-Brush Congressional Attack on Federal Support for Homeownership, Small Businesses, and Family Farms

AFR and consumer, community, small business, and farm advocates sent a letter to the House Oversight and Accountability urging them to oppose legislation that aims to privatize federal loan guarantee programs. This measure would be a big win for Wall Street but reduce access, raise costs, and exacerbate racial gaps in homeownership rates, small business formation, and family farm viability.

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