Today, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund released a record of votes during the 116th Congress regarding consumer protections and Wall Street accountability. During the 116th Congress, the Democratic-led House of Representatives advanced a number of measures to strengthen consumer protections and to put in place enforcement tools to hold bad actors in the financial industry accountable for abusive, discriminatory, and fraudulent practices.
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Most legislative measures on these issues started in the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), including bills to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; improve the credit reporting system; promote diversity and inclusion in the financial industry; and to protect the rights of student borrowers, small business, and retail investors. The HFSC also advanced legislation to block dangerous rules proposed by Trump appointees to advance that administration’s racist, xenophobic, and transphobic agenda. Over 60 of the HFSC bills also passed the House.