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Jeff Merkley's Public Statements on Issue: Finance and Banking

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02/06/2023 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy - Warren, Lawmakers Urge Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy to Require Cryptominers Disclose Emissions and Energy Use
07/18/2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds
03/31/2022 Letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States - Senators Gillibrand, Sanders And Merkley, Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pascrell And Kaptur Press Postmaster Dejoy To Improve Postal Banking Pilot Programs
02/28/2022 Letter to Noel Quinn, Group Chief Executive HSBC - Rubio, CECC Commissioners Question Whether HSBC is Undermining Democratic Freedoms in Hong Kong
01/27/2022 Letter to Jason Les, CEO Riot Blockchain; Fred Thiel, CEO Marathon Digital Holdings; Gregory Beard, Co-Chairman and CEO Stronghold Digital Mining - HUFFMAN, WARREN, COLLEAGUES PRESS SIX CRYPTOMINING COMPANIES ON EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH ENERGY USE AND CLIMATE IMPACTS
06/24/2021 Letter to the Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Duckworth, Durbin call on President Biden to extend pause on student loan payments
06/17/2021 Letter to Hon. Sherrod Brown, Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and Hon. Pat Toomey, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee - Merkley, Daines Urge Colleagues to Build Pathway Forward for Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure that Legal Cannabis Businesses Can Access Crucial Financial Services
05/05/2021 Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Sarbanes, Kaine, Gillibrand Lead Bicameral Push to Fix PSLF Program and Provide America's Public Servants with Urgently Needed Student Loan Relief
07/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Brian Brooks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency - Brown, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Press OCC For Information On The Agency's Fair Lending Oversight
07/09/2020 Letter to Brian Brooks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency - Klobuchar, Brown Call On The Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency to Ensure Banks Provide Relief to Homeowners
06/22/2020 Letter to Scott McFarlane, Chief Executive Officer of Avalara - Senator Hassan Calls for Answers on Wayfair Sales Tax Compliance Software, Impact on Small Businesses
05/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury - Reps. Peter Defazio, Lloyd Doggett, Senator Elizabeth Warren Urge the Federal Reserve & Treasury to Put Workers First, Ensure Accountability in Corporate Bailouts
05/08/2020 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve - Schatz, Whitehouse, Senators To Fed: Loans Should Help Small Businesses, Not Bail Out Oil Companies That Risk Stability Of Financial System
05/06/2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin, of the Small Business Administration - Durbin, Merkley, Colleagues Urge SBA And Treasury To Reject Payday Lenders From Paycheck Protection Program
05/06/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Merkley, Daines Lead Bipartisan Push to Boost Credit Counseling Services for American Consumers
04/27/2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Feinstein, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Administration to Take Action to Ensure Paycheck Protection Program Funds Reach Small Businesses
04/22/2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Harris, Colleagues Call on Congressional Leaders to Ensure Cannabis Small Businesses Can Access Emergency SBA Loan and Grant Programs
04/20/2020 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve - Schatz, Whitehouse, Senators Demand Transparency In Federal Reserve's Corporate Debt Purchases
04/09/2020 Letter to Joseph Otting, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Jelena McWilliams, Chairman of the FDIC - U.S. Senator Tina Smith to Financial Regulators: Follow the Law, Stop Attempts to Weaken the Community Reinvestment Act
04/06/2020 Letter to Bruce Van Saun, Chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, Joseph DePaulo, CEO of College Avenue Student Loans, LLC, Roger Hochschild, President and CEO of Discover Financial Services, Raymond Bayer, Executive Director & CEO of Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, Vince Passione, CEO of LendKey, John Remondi, CEO of Navient Corporation, James Steeley, CEO of Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, William Demchak, CEO of the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Steve Kohles, President of the Reunion Student Loan Finance Corporation, Raymond Quinlan, Chairman & CEO of the SLM Corporation, Anthony Noto, CEO of Social Finance, Inc., William Rogers, President & CEO of Truist Financial Corporation, Charles Scharf, President & CEO of Wells Fargo & Co. - Durbin, Democratic Colleagues Urge Student Loan Companies To Immediately Provide Relief To Private Student Loan Borrowers During The COVID-19 Pandemic
02/14/2020 Letter to H On. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Department of Education - Following Concordia University Closure, Merkley Presses Secretary Devos Over Federal Student Loan Discharge Requests
01/30/2020 Letter to Jaime Dimon, CEO and President of JP Morgan Chase & Co., Michael Corbat, CEO of Citigroup, Inc., Michael Roberts, President and CEO of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., Bruce Van Saun, Chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Richard Fairbank, Chairman and CEO of Capital One Financial Corp., William Demchak, Chairman, President, and CEO of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Greg Braca, President and CEO of TD Bank, and Charles Scharf, CEO and President of Wells Fargo & Co. - Van Hollen Joins Heinrich, Democratic Colleagues in Urging Top U.S. Banks to Not Finance Arctic Drilling
10/28/2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Dir. of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Durbin Demands CFPB Investigation Of Mismanagement Of Student Loan Forgiveness Program
10/18/2019 Letter to the Hon. Mark Calabria, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Urge FHFA to Fulfill its Duty to Underserved, Limited-English Proficient Borrowers
10/16/2019 Letter to the Hon. Mark A. Calabria, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Cortez Masto, Menendez lead group of 19 senators in urging FHFA to fulfill its duty to underserved, limited-english proficient borrowers

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