Americans for Financial Reform along with ten undersigned partner organizations write in support of legislative efforts to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to improve insurance affordability, expand coverage, and promote resilience. The NFIP is a critical program that protects households across the country from economic devastation from flooding and allows them to rebuild […]
Americans for Financial Reform sent a letter opposing the bills noticed for the September 10th “Proxy Power and Proposal Abuse: Reforming Rule 14a-8 to Protect Shareholder Value” hearing and expressing concern over alarming corporate governance developments we believe the House Financial Services Committee should be focusing on instead.
AFR sent a letter urging the U.S. Senate to make Wall Street and private equity firms pay their fair share. The budget bill includes massive tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and savage cuts to critical programs that support working families, making it the most regressive bill in decades. Closing ten Wall Street tax loopholes would […]
Labor unions, investors, and public interest organizations wrote to the House Education and Workforce Committee in opposition to H.R. 2988, Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act. The post Letters to Congress: Letter in Opposition to H.R. 2988, Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
AFR and 30 civil rights, labor, community, consumer protection, and economic justice organizations sent a letter calling on the Senate to swiftly act to defend the statutorily mandated independence of financial regulators in the face of unprecedented attacks and firings of commissioners and board members. The post Letters to Congress: AFR and 30 Allies Raise […]
Americans for Financial Reform and seven other public interest organizations submitted a letter urging U.S. Senators to oppose the nomination of Jonathan V. Gould to serve as Comptroller of the Currency. The post Letters to Congress: Letter Opposing the Nomination of Jonathan V. Gould as Comptroller of the Currency appeared first on Americans for Financial […]
Americans for Financial Reform submitted a letter opposing several legislative proposals being considered at the House Financial Services Committee hearing “Beyond Silicon Valley: Expanding Access to Capital Across America.” Weakening investor protections in the name of capital formation threatens market integrity and exposes smaller, retail investors to unnecessary risk. The post Letters to Congress: AFR […]
View or download a PDF of the letter here. Americans for Financial Reform, Consumer Federation of America, and Public Citizen led a letter in opposition to Delaware Senate Bill 21 (SB 21) with 29 additional signatories. If passed, SB 21 would overhaul Delaware corporate law The post Letters to Congress: Letter in opposition of SB […]
AFR and 24 partners sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee opposing the FIRM Act. The bill purports to curb banking discrimination and enable equal opportunity to obtain financial services. But it would do nothing to prevent actual discrimination or improve access to financial services for people in protected classes. The post Letters to […]
Americans for Financial Reform along with 17 housing, consumer, civil rights, and labor organizations sent a letter urging the Senate Banking Committee to oppose the nomination of Bill Pulte to serve as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Mr. Pulte’s residential rental real estate investments and private equity background make him uniquely unsuited […]