Congressional Testimony: Caroline Nagy, AFR’s Senior Policy Counsel, Testifies Before the HFSC, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
AFR’s Senior Policy Counsel, Caroline Nagy, Testified Before the HFSC, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee.
Events: Doctored by Wall Street: Policy Solutions for Private Equity in Healthcare
Doctored by Wall Street: Policy Solutions for Private Equity in Healthcare A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that the private equity business model is incompatible with healthcare. AFR’s Policy Team has developed a set of policy recommendations to address private equity’s role in healthcare,
Events: Alexa Philo, AFR’s Senior Policy Analyst, Testified Before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy
Today, our Senior Policy Analyst, Alexa Philo, testified before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy titled “Bank Mergers and the Economic Impacts of Consolidation.”
Congressional Testimony: Alexa Philo, AFR’s Senior Policy Analyst, Testifies Before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee
AFR’s Senior Policy Analyst, Alexa Philo, testified Before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on economic policy.
News Release: Bank Lobby Misleads Supreme Court on Financial Stability Implications of CFPB Case
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and financial services lobby groups are misleading the Supreme Court that it could limit the damage and market destabilization that would result from upholding a radical, legally unprecedented Fifth Circuit Court ruling that the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional.
Letter to Congress: Letter for the Record in Opposition to Anti-ESG Agenda
AFR led 58 organizations in expressing opposition to the anti-ESG policy agenda that seeks to insulate the management of public companies from investor input and accountability and undermine regulations that would equip investors with more information to make better decisions about their investments. It was submitted to the record ahead of six House Financial Services Committee hearings on the topic.
News Release: 58 Organizations Oppose Anti-ESG Agenda
Washington, D.C. — Ahead of upcoming House Financial Services Committee hearings on utilizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investments, Americans for Financial Reform has submitted a letter for the record, backed by 58 organizations, that expresses strong opposition to the anti-ESG agenda. The letter specifically responds to a recent ESG Working Group memorandum on the subject and a series of bills they are proposing.
Letter to Congress: Consumer Advocacy Organizations Oppose Crypto Markets Bill
Americans for Financial Reform and Demand Progress joined other consumer advocacy and public interest organizations in sending a letter to Congress expressing opposition to a proposed bill intended to create a market regulatory structure for digital assets.
Events: Alexa Philo Discussed Bank Capital at the Bipartisan Policy Center Business Event
We are thrilled to announce that today, our Senior Policy Analyst, Alexa Philo was a panelist during a Bipartisan Policy Center business discussion on Bank Capital with the Federal Reserve Vice Chair, Michael Barr.
News Release: Biden Should Use Existing Tools to Reform Private Equity in Health Care
Washington, D.C. – The Biden administration and Congress should use all available means to curb the increasingly harmful effects of private equity’s control of massive swaths of the healthcare sector, according to a new report from Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund.