Joint Letter: Letter to Congress in support of the Consumer Credit Control Act
Coalition letter in support of the Consumer Credit Control Act.
Government Category: Letters to Congress
Letter to Congress: Joint Letter Supporting URLA Legislation
AFR Language Access Task Force and partner organizations sent up a letter in support of legislation to restore the URLA language preference question.
Joint Letter: 42 Orgs Urge Senator Alexander to Protect Consumers and Taxpayers
On October 9th, AFR joined with 41 organizations representing in a letter to Senator Lamar Alexander expressing concerns regarding his recently introduced bill, the Student Aid Improvement Act. Unfortunately, the bill fails to include any provisions that hold low-quality and sometimes predatory colleges accountable, and better protect students and taxpayers. Any reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) must include robust consumer protections.
Joint Letter: 63 Orgs Urging Appropriators to Protect Pell in FY20 Spending Bill
Today, Americans for Financial Reform joined 62 other organizations on a joint letter to Senate appropriators urging them to oppose the overall Labor-HHS-Education spending allocation and the accompanying proposed $1.3 billion rescission from the Pell reserve fund and to instead fully retain all current Pell funds where they belong – in the Pell Grant program.
Letter to Congress: Letter in Support of Federal Reserve’s Real Time Payments System
Letter in support of the Federal Reserve’s real-time payments system and the need for consumer protections in real time payments
Letter to Congress: Joint Letter in Support of the Overdraft Protection Act of 2019
On September 9, 2019, 34 organizations sent a letter in support of the Overdraft Protection Act of 2019.