Letters to Regulators: AFREF Comment Letter on CFPB Task Force RFI
AFREF comment letter opposing the formation and work of the CFPB Task Force on Federal Financial Law.
Government Category: Comments & Letters to Regulators
Joint Letter: Letter to CFPB Asking for Suspension of All Regulatory Activity Unrelated to COVID-19 and Greater Consumer Protections During the Pandemic
Letter from over 90 groups calling on the CFPB to stop all regulatory activity unrelated to COVID-19 and take greater steps to protect consumers during the pandemic.
Letter to Regulators: AFR Education Fund Opposes Ineffective Rules to Control Commodity Speculation
The AFR Education Fund sent this letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission opposing new rules that would be ineffective in preventing speculation in energy and agricultural commodities. A pdf of the comment can be downloaded here: AFR Education Fund Comment on Position Limits Proposal May 15, 2020 Christopher Kirkpatrick Secretary of the Commission Commodity
Joint Letter: Fed and Treasury Should Freeze M&A Activity as Condition of Aid Money
The Fed must aggressively attempt to retain institutional credibility as a neutral actor in our economic order with regards to the distributional effects of its policies. It should not help finance a merger wave that leads to large-scale consolidation of companies which would have been healthy competitors but for temporary impacts of the current crisis.
Letter to Regulators: Suspend CFPB Rollback of Payday Loan Protections
[T]he process of rolling back the mandatory underwriting requirement provisions of the 2017 small-dollar lending rule was, at best, highly improper. We urge you to suspend the finalization of the rule pending a full investigation of the facts. There is a strong case to be made that the CFPB needs to restart the regulatory process entirely.
Joint Letter: Letter to Housing Regulators on Tenant Protections in CARES Act
Joint letter asking FHFA, HUD, VA and USDA to provide tenants with a mechanism to identify whether their apartment, home, or manufactured housing is covered by the tenant protections in the CARES Act