AFR sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose HR 1256. This legislation would seriously undermine the CFTC’s efforts to properly regulate extraterritorial derivatives transactions that affect our economy and carry risk for U.S. taxpayers.
AFR sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose HR 677. This legislation would almost completely exempt inter-affiliate swaps from the basic systemic protections created in the Dodd-Frank Act.
AFR sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose HR 1003. This legislation would have a major negative impact on the CFTC’s capacity to implement laws passed by Congress to safeguard our financial system.
AFR sent a letter to members of Congress today urging them to oppose HR 992/S.474, the “Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act”.
Wallace Turbeville, Senior Fellow at Demos and member of AFR, testified before the House Agriculture Committee voicing AFR’s opposition to legislation that would significantly alter the Dodd-Frank Act in ways that effectively deregulate the financial sector and work against the goals of a safer, more stable, and more fair and efficient financial system.
AFR signed onto a letter with national and statewide public interest groups supporting the confirmation of Richard Cordray as Director of the CFPB.