Government Category: Advocacy Documents
Letter to Congress: AFR opposes Neomi Rao’s confirmation as Administrator of OIRA
“Americans for Financial Reform opposes the confirmation of Neomi Rao as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). Professor Rao’s announced views demonstrate an extreme disregard for the independence of financial regulatory agencies and an unwarranted hostility to critical financial protections.”
Letter to Congress: Oppose H.R. 10 – The Wall Street’s CHOICE Act Would Devastate Financial Regulation
“H.R. 10, the ‘Financial CHOICE Act’… would be better dubbed ‘Wall Street’s CHOICE Act,’ as it would have a devastating effect on the ability of regulators to protect consumers and investors from Wall Street exploitation and the economy from financial risks created by too-big-to-fail megabanks. It would expose consumers, investors, and the public to greatly heightened risk of abuse in their regular dealings with the financial system, and our economy as a whole to a far greater risk of instability and crisis.”
Letter To Congress: AFR Submits Additional Economic Growth Ideas To Senate Banking Committee
AFR submitted an additional set of economic growth policy ideas to the Senate Banking Committee, in addition to previous submissions responding to the Committee’s call for ideas. The submitted document is linked below. AFR Additional Economic Growth Submission To Senate Banking Committee
Joint Letter: Open Letter to Acosta Urging Strong Fiduciary Rule Without Delay
In the face of supporting evidence described above, in addition to harming retirement savers, the Department would be exposing itself to significant legal risk to change course and further delay the Rule now.
Letter to Congress: Americans for Financial Reform opposes five bills before HSGAC
“…These bills would further complicate, confuse, and delay the regulatory process; further advantage regulated industries over the public interest; and make it impossible for regulators to act effectively against Wall Street recklessness and abuse of consumers.”