“On behalf of Americans for Financial Reform, we are writing to urge your opposition to HR 957, to establish an independent Inspector General for the CFPB. The proposal would not benefit consumers and, further, is an effort by the committee to make government bigger, not better.”
“We are writing to express our opposition to H.R. 1266 (Rep. Neugebauer), the “Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015.” This bill would change the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); instead of being led by a single director, it would be headed by a Commission of five members…”
“On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge you to oppose H.R. 1737, the so-called “Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act.” This legislation is simply an effort to stop the CFPB from enforcing laws against discrimination. H.R. 1737 hides its intent behind a smokescreen of claims about process and regulatory jurisdiction. However, the bill is really about the unfair and discriminatory impact of car dealer interest rate markups. “
“On behalf of Americans for Financial Reform, the leading public interest coalition that supported enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and its members, including the undersigned, we write both to explain the importance of the Act and to demonstrate its constitutionality. While numerous opponents of financial reform have challenged the act’s constitutionality, none have prevailed, in any court.”
“In numerous previous comments, AFR has raised serious concerns about the Commission rules and guidance that exempt foreign subsidiaries of U.S. banks, or U.S. subsidiaries of foreign entities that are highly active on Wall Street, from a wide range of Dodd-Frank derivatives rules. Given the global character of the derivatives market, we believe that such cross-border exemptions create the possibility for large-scale evasion of U.S. rules.”
“AFR supports this proposal to require the recovery of erroneously awarded executive compensation as a condition for exchange listing. Failures in corporate governance have been singled out by many observers, including the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, as a significant cause of the global financial crisis. “