Americans for Financial Reform

Government Category: Letters to Congress

Letters to Congress: Letter Urging The Senate to Reconfirm Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw to the Securities and Exchange Commission

View or download a PDF of the letter here. Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen joined exactly 70 labor, community, consumer, environmental, and public interest organizations sent a letter urging the U.S. Senate to reconfirm Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Commissioner Crenshaw is a qualified and tested leader who will protect

Letters to Congress: AFR Leads 25-Organization Letter Opposing Broad-Brush Congressional Attack on Federal Support for Homeownership, Small Businesses, and Family Farms

AFR and consumer, community, small business, and farm advocates sent a letter to the House Oversight and Accountability urging them to oppose legislation that aims to privatize federal loan guarantee programs. This measure would be a big win for Wall Street but reduce access, raise costs, and exacerbate racial gaps in homeownership rates, small business formation, and family farm viability.

Letters to Congress: AFR Joins Nearly 80 Environmental Groups Calling on Sen. Schumer to Block Climate-Destroying Crypto Legislation

AFR joined nearly 80 environmental and public interest advocates calling on Majority Leader Schumer to prevent the consideration of deeply flawed crypto legislation being discussed in the Senate Agriculture Committee because it would worsen climate emissions. Crypto is highly energy intensive and has already buoyed fossil fuel power plants, extraction, and climate emissions. The post Letters to

Letters to Congress: AFR Joins Nearly 80 Environmental Groups Calling on Sen. Schumer to Block Climate-Destroying Crypto Legislation

AFR joined nearly 80 environmental and public interest advocates calling on Majority Leader Schumer to prevent the consideration of deeply flawed crypto legislation being discussed in the Senate Agriculture Committee because it would worsen climate emissions. Crypto is highly energy intensive and has already buoyed fossil fuel power plants, extraction, and climate emissions.