Jun 15, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Testifies Before House, Senate Committees Last week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra testified at hearings before the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee to present the CFPB’s...
May 26, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Sens. Scott, Manchin Reintroduce Credit Access and Inclusion Act Last week, U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) reintroduced the Credit Access and Inclusion Act. The...
May 19, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, Litigation, News
144 Current and Former Members File Amicus Brief Supporting CFPB in SCOTUS Case Earlier this month, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chairman of the Senate...
May 15, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Banking Committee Holds Cannabis Banking Hearing Last week, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing entitled “Examining Cannabis Banking Challenges of Small Businesses and Workers” to discuss cannabis banking issues, as well as bipartisan legislation aimed...
May 1, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
House Financial Services Committee Passes CFPB Reform Bill During a House Financial Services Committee markup last week, 14 legislative proposals passed the committee, clearing them for consideration before the full House. One of these, the CFPB Transparency and...
Mar 15, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, News
House Financial Services Committee Holds Hearing on CFPB Reform At a hearing last week, the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) discussed ways to either reform or defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as Republicans continued to criticize the...