US Chamber of Commerce Launches Campaign to Rein in CFPB

Editor's Note: This article, authored by Stefanie Jackman, James Kim, Chris Willis, Ashley L. Taylor, Jr. & Stephen C. Piepgrass previously appeared on Troutman Pepper’s Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor and is re-published here with permission.

On June 28, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) launched a focused campaign to highlight what it describes as unlawful regulatory overreach by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) and, specifically, new CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. “At every turn,” writes Chamber Executive Vice President and Chief Counsel Daryl Joseffer, the CFPB is pushing an activist agenda “without advance public participation or approval. That is not the system Congress designed, nor one which our laws will tolerate.”

The Chamber’s campaign specifically objects to several alleged unlawful actions, including:

CFPB Policy Fellowship. The Chamber believes that this program circumvents civil-service laws and executive-branch guidance that prohibit preferential hiring and conflicts of interest.

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