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Sept. 12, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge Biden to Provide Student Debt Relief for Parent Borrowers Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 1, 2022 Congresswoman Dean and Senator Warren Urge Bank CEOs to Adopt New Code for Gun and Ammunition Retailers Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 31, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Congresswoman Boebert Leads Letter to Biden Opposing Unconstitutional Student Loan Wealth Redistribution Rep. Mary Miller, ...
Aug. 30, 2022 Tweet - "After 10 years of urging Admins to discharge borrower defense claims, I'm grateful @usedgov is relieving students of the financial burden put on them by Westwood College. With @ILAttyGeneral 's help, 12,650 IL students are getting the relief they deserve." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 29, 2022 Letter to Dusty Wunderlich, CEO of Credova Financial - Rep. Larson Joins Colleagues in Opposition to "Buy Now, Pay Later" Financing for Gun Purchases Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Aug. 29, 2022 Rep. Davis Statement on President Biden Cancelling Student Loan Debt Rep. Danny Davis
Aug. 25, 2022 Quigley Statement on Biden's Historic Student Debt Relief Announcement Rep. Mike Quigley
Aug. 24, 2022 Tweet - "Tens of millions of Americans are plagued by student loan debt in pursuit of a quality education. Today's announcement by @POTUS is a crucial step to enable low- & middle-income borrowers--especially communities of color--to eliminate their student loan debt." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2022 Bost Statement on Biden's Federal Student Loan Cancelation Plan Rep. Mike Bost
Aug. 24, 2022 Foster Statement on President Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief Plan Rep. Bill Foster
Aug. 24, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On President Biden's Announcement To Eliminate $10,000 In Student Loans Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Wyden, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Deadline Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On Department Of Education's Group Discharge Of Student Borrowers Who Attended ITT Technical Institute Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Rep. Mike Levin Leads Letter Urging Dept. of Education to Include VSO Employees in Loan Forgiveness Program Rep. Sean Casten, ...
Aug. 5, 2022 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of Currency, Martin Gruenberg, Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Brown, Colleagues Applaud CRA Proposed Rule, Push for More Support for Underserved Communities Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2022 Schneider, Walorski Introduce Bipartisan Special Needs Trust Act Rep. Brad Schneider
July 29, 2022 Duckworth Joins Brown, Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to Fight Discrimination from Financial Institutions Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "Enjoyed meeting with the new Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, Michael Barr. We discussed the historic role of his new position and the importance of the Federal Reserve. I look forward to working with him as he takes on this important job." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 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 Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 16, 2022 Tweet - "It's time to learn the truth about crypto. Let's start with the obscene amounts of electricity needed to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Families and businesses in America will pay the price for crypto's mining ventures." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 12, 2022 Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 4, 2022 Durbin Questions Visa and Mastercard Witnesses at Hearing on Credit and Debit Card Swipe Fees Sen. Dick Durbin
May 4, 2022 Durbin Delivers Opening Statement at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Credit and Debit Card interchange Fees Sen. Dick Durbin
April 21, 2022 Tweet - "Tomorrow Visa and Mastercard are scheduled to hike their swipe fees, despite bipartisan calls for them to stand down. Raising swipe fee rates will increase the already high costs consumers are facing and add to inflationary pressures. These fees should be reduced, not raised." Sen. Dick Durbin
April 14, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Brown, Warren, Durbin Urge Review of Student Loan Program Mismanagement Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 12, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Oversight Committee Shares Evidence of Troubling Financial Conduct by Washington Commanders with Federal Trade Commission Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
April 4, 2022 McBath, Democratic Colleagues Lead Legislation Protecting Retirement Security for Americans Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
March 30, 2022 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury - Senators Urge Administration to Require Investment Advisers to Proactively Combat Money Laundering and Support Sanctions Compliance Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 29, 2022 Reps. García, Lynch, Tlaib, Pressley and Adams Introduce Legislation to Develop Electronic Version of US Dollar Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
March 7, 2022 Durbin Cosponsors Bill To Protect Consumers By Banning Forced Arbitration In Financial Products Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Durbine, Senators Urge CFPB to Investigate Private Student Lenders' Compliance With Bankruptcy Law Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 24, 2022 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Republican Leader of the House - O'Halleran Join Bipartisan Group Calling for Votes on Legislation to Ban Stock Trading by Members of Congress Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Jan. 20, 2022 Letter to Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Meng Calls on Head of IRS to Reduce Large Backlog of Tax Returns Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Jan. 18, 2022 Schakowsky, Eshoo, Booker Introduce Bill to Ban Surveillance Advertising Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Colleagues Urge CFPB to Improve Lending for Women-Owned, Minority-Owned, and Small Businesses Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 21, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Booker Leads Colleagues in Calling on U.S. Department of Education to Suspend Wage Garnishment of Student Loan Borrowers Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 20, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Menendez, Booker Call on U.S. Department of Education to Suspend Wage Garnishment of Student Loan Borrowers Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 13, 2021 Pressley, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, García, Jones Applaud FDIC's Review of Bank Merger Practices, Condemn Chair McWilliams' Illegal Attempt to Void Board Decision Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Dec. 6, 2021 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Student Loan Interest Waiver Extension Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Nov. 17, 2021 Tweet - "This is tragic and why we can't let bad actors like the Sackler family off the hook. Congress should pass my bill with @SenWarren to prevent wrongdoers like the Sacklers from manipulating bankruptcy to escape accountability." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Johnson & Johnson is attempting to deny tens of thousands of people their day in court by offloading its talc liabilities onto a new company created exclusively to protect the company's own assets--and leave cancer-victim claimants with pennies on the dollar." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 29, 2021 Tweet - "It is far too difficult for struggling student borrowers to discharge their loans in bankruptcy, even as a last resort. I have long urged the Department of Education to use their authority to make it easier for student borrowers to find relief. It's time." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 22, 2021 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury - Graves Tells IRS To Stop Snooping in Bank Accounts Rep. Mary Miller, ...
Oct. 8, 2021 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Pressley, Omar, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Release Student Debt Cancellation Memo Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 30, 2021 Rep. Chuy García & Senator Elizabeth Warren Introduce Bank Merger Review Modernization Act to End Rubber Stamping of Bank Merger Applications Rep. Chuy Garcia
Sept. 13, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Richard Neal, Chairman, Ways and Means, Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Department of Treasury, and Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of internal Revenue Service - Congressman Blake Moore Joins Congressman Tom Emmer and Colleagues in Sending Letter to Protect the Privacy Rights of Utah Families and Credit Unions from Burdensome Regulations Rep. Mike Bost, ...
Aug. 31, 2021 Reps. García AOC, Tlaib, Pressley, & Jones Urge Biden to Replace Powell as Federal Reserve Chair Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Aug. 3, 2021 Tweet - "This is great news for worldwide vaccination efforts. Because of these special drawing rights, poorer countries will now have the liquidity they need to purchase COVID-19 vaccines and weather the economic fallout of this pandemic." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Uejio, Acting Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Michael Drayne, Acting Executive Vice President of Government National Mortgage Association - Rep. Mike Levin Calls for Review of Troubling Report on Predatory VA Home Loan Lenders Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
Date Title Politician
Sept. 12, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge Biden to Provide Student Debt Relief for Parent Borrowers Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 1, 2022 Congresswoman Dean and Senator Warren Urge Bank CEOs to Adopt New Code for Gun and Ammunition Retailers Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 31, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Congresswoman Boebert Leads Letter to Biden Opposing Unconstitutional Student Loan Wealth Redistribution Rep.Mary Miller, ...
Aug. 30, 2022 Tweet - "After 10 years of urging Admins to discharge borrower defense claims, I'm grateful @usedgov is relieving students of the financial burden put on them by Westwood College. With @ILAttyGeneral 's help, 12,650 IL students are getting the relief they deserve." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 29, 2022 Letter to Dusty Wunderlich, CEO of Credova Financial - Rep. Larson Joins Colleagues in Opposition to "Buy Now, Pay Later" Financing for Gun Purchases Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Aug. 29, 2022 Rep. Davis Statement on President Biden Cancelling Student Loan Debt Rep.Danny Davis
Aug. 25, 2022 Quigley Statement on Biden's Historic Student Debt Relief Announcement Rep.Mike Quigley
Aug. 24, 2022 Tweet - "Tens of millions of Americans are plagued by student loan debt in pursuit of a quality education. Today's announcement by @POTUS is a crucial step to enable low- & middle-income borrowers--especially communities of color--to eliminate their student loan debt." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2022 Bost Statement on Biden's Federal Student Loan Cancelation Plan Rep.Mike Bost
Aug. 24, 2022 Foster Statement on President Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief Plan Rep.Bill Foster
Aug. 24, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On President Biden's Announcement To Eliminate $10,000 In Student Loans Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Wyden, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Deadline Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On Department Of Education's Group Discharge Of Student Borrowers Who Attended ITT Technical Institute Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Rep. Mike Levin Leads Letter Urging Dept. of Education to Include VSO Employees in Loan Forgiveness Program Rep.Sean Casten, ...
Aug. 5, 2022 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of Currency, Martin Gruenberg, Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Brown, Colleagues Applaud CRA Proposed Rule, Push for More Support for Underserved Communities Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2022 Schneider, Walorski Introduce Bipartisan Special Needs Trust Act Rep.Brad Schneider
July 29, 2022 Duckworth Joins Brown, Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to Fight Discrimination from Financial Institutions Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "Enjoyed meeting with the new Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, Michael Barr. We discussed the historic role of his new position and the importance of the Federal Reserve. I look forward to working with him as he takes on this important job." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 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 Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 16, 2022 Tweet - "It's time to learn the truth about crypto. Let's start with the obscene amounts of electricity needed to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Families and businesses in America will pay the price for crypto's mining ventures." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 12, 2022 Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 4, 2022 Durbin Questions Visa and Mastercard Witnesses at Hearing on Credit and Debit Card Swipe Fees Sen.Dick Durbin
May 4, 2022 Durbin Delivers Opening Statement at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Credit and Debit Card interchange Fees Sen.Dick Durbin
April 21, 2022 Tweet - "Tomorrow Visa and Mastercard are scheduled to hike their swipe fees, despite bipartisan calls for them to stand down. Raising swipe fee rates will increase the already high costs consumers are facing and add to inflationary pressures. These fees should be reduced, not raised." Sen.Dick Durbin
April 14, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Brown, Warren, Durbin Urge Review of Student Loan Program Mismanagement Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 12, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Oversight Committee Shares Evidence of Troubling Financial Conduct by Washington Commanders with Federal Trade Commission Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
April 4, 2022 McBath, Democratic Colleagues Lead Legislation Protecting Retirement Security for Americans Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
March 30, 2022 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury - Senators Urge Administration to Require Investment Advisers to Proactively Combat Money Laundering and Support Sanctions Compliance Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 29, 2022 Reps. García, Lynch, Tlaib, Pressley and Adams Introduce Legislation to Develop Electronic Version of US Dollar Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
March 7, 2022 Durbin Cosponsors Bill To Protect Consumers By Banning Forced Arbitration In Financial Products Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Durbine, Senators Urge CFPB to Investigate Private Student Lenders' Compliance With Bankruptcy Law Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 24, 2022 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Republican Leader of the House - O'Halleran Join Bipartisan Group Calling for Votes on Legislation to Ban Stock Trading by Members of Congress Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Jan. 20, 2022 Letter to Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Meng Calls on Head of IRS to Reduce Large Backlog of Tax Returns Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Jan. 18, 2022 Schakowsky, Eshoo, Booker Introduce Bill to Ban Surveillance Advertising Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Colleagues Urge CFPB to Improve Lending for Women-Owned, Minority-Owned, and Small Businesses Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 21, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Booker Leads Colleagues in Calling on U.S. Department of Education to Suspend Wage Garnishment of Student Loan Borrowers Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 20, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Menendez, Booker Call on U.S. Department of Education to Suspend Wage Garnishment of Student Loan Borrowers Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 13, 2021 Pressley, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, García, Jones Applaud FDIC's Review of Bank Merger Practices, Condemn Chair McWilliams' Illegal Attempt to Void Board Decision Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Dec. 6, 2021 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Student Loan Interest Waiver Extension Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Nov. 17, 2021 Tweet - "This is tragic and why we can't let bad actors like the Sackler family off the hook. Congress should pass my bill with @SenWarren to prevent wrongdoers like the Sacklers from manipulating bankruptcy to escape accountability." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Johnson & Johnson is attempting to deny tens of thousands of people their day in court by offloading its talc liabilities onto a new company created exclusively to protect the company's own assets--and leave cancer-victim claimants with pennies on the dollar." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 29, 2021 Tweet - "It is far too difficult for struggling student borrowers to discharge their loans in bankruptcy, even as a last resort. I have long urged the Department of Education to use their authority to make it easier for student borrowers to find relief. It's time." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 22, 2021 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury - Graves Tells IRS To Stop Snooping in Bank Accounts Rep.Mary Miller, ...
Oct. 8, 2021 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Pressley, Omar, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Release Student Debt Cancellation Memo Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 30, 2021 Rep. Chuy García & Senator Elizabeth Warren Introduce Bank Merger Review Modernization Act to End Rubber Stamping of Bank Merger Applications Rep.Chuy Garcia
Sept. 13, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Richard Neal, Chairman, Ways and Means, Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Department of Treasury, and Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of internal Revenue Service - Congressman Blake Moore Joins Congressman Tom Emmer and Colleagues in Sending Letter to Protect the Privacy Rights of Utah Families and Credit Unions from Burdensome Regulations Rep.Mike Bost, ...
Aug. 31, 2021 Reps. García AOC, Tlaib, Pressley, & Jones Urge Biden to Replace Powell as Federal Reserve Chair Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Aug. 3, 2021 Tweet - "This is great news for worldwide vaccination efforts. Because of these special drawing rights, poorer countries will now have the liquidity they need to purchase COVID-19 vaccines and weather the economic fallout of this pandemic." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Uejio, Acting Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Michael Drayne, Acting Executive Vice President of Government National Mortgage Association - Rep. Mike Levin Calls for Review of Troubling Report on Predatory VA Home Loan Lenders Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
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