Letter to Congress: Letter in Support of the Medical Debt Relief Act
AFR and our partners sent a letter in support of including the Medical Debt Relief Act as part of future covid-19 relief.
Government Category: Letters to Congress
Letter to Congress: 27 Organizations Support the Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act.
Public advocates sent a letter to Congress in support of the Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act, a proposal from Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to prevent big corporations and Wall Street investors from exploiting the pandemic to further consolidate their economic and political power.
Letter to Congress: Renewed Call for Credit and Debt Protections in COVID-19 Relief
Letter calling on Congress to include consumer protections in COVID-19 relief
Letter to Congress: Joint Letter Asking Congress to Protect COVID-19 Stimulus Checks from Garnishment
AFR joined this letter to Congress urging Congress to take the steps needed as soon as possible to clarify that COVID-19 stimulus payments to help households during this public health emergency are exempt from garnishments. View or download pdf here.
Joint Letter: AFR and SBPC Send Letter to Navient Demanding Investment in Student Borrowers, not Shareholders
AFR and SBPC Send Letter to Navient Demanding Investment in Student Borrowers, not Shareholders Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) and The Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) sent a letter to the Board of Directors of Navient Corporation urging the company’s board to halt dividends and stock buybacks, pause planned compensation for itself and the company’s
Joint Letter: Promote Tradition of Separating Banking and Commerce Regarding Dominant Platforms
AFR Education Fund and Demand Progress Education Fund sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee regarding competition in the digital marketplace. Congress and regulators should promote the tradition of separating banking and commerce, by extending that set of principles to dominant platforms, especially online marketplaces and social networks.