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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

The ongoing barrage of press releases from the CFPB is misleading at best.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

this has not only led to a lack of accountability by the agency and a lack of accountability to the American people, but it has also harmed the very consumers that, sir, your agency is supposed to protect.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

Clearly, some Republicans voted to zero it out, but that amendment failed.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

under your leadership, the agency has acted unilaterally and arbitrarily outside its statutory mandate.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

I do, however, plan to introduce a bill which ensures that the Bureau does just that and does not try to retroactively apply new requirements onto activities that occurred in the past.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

Did you see that the Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill that we just took up in the Congress, that the Congress funded the CFPB in that bill at current levels?

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

This administration's proposed overtime rule poses a threat to the livelihoods of the very people that the administration claims it wants to help.

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

Automatic increases are bad policy and bad government practice.

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

Today I am again calling on President Biden to end the tenure of the now longest serving Acting Secretary in the United States history.

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

I come from Michigan where we just had an incredible victory for the American worker led by the UAW, talking about worker wages, and increasing wages.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

This has not only led to a lack of accountability by the agency and a lack of accountability to the American people, but it has also harmed the very consumers that, sir, your agency is supposed to protect.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

Director Chopra, your leadership is a glaring example of this alarming trend of becoming a hyper-partisan agency doing the bidding of the White House rather than protecting American consumers.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

It is about upholding the Constitution and the separation of powers, and if our bill were enacted, the agency would continue to operate.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

The CFPB is the most-unaccountable agency in the entire Federal bureaucracy, and it is not just about Director Chopra; it is the structure itself.

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Nov 28, 2023

That is why House Republicans will pass a resolution this week to protect small businesses' access to affordable credit by rescinding this burdensome and overly-complex rule.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Nov 15, 2023

I yield back my time, and I call for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment? Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The…

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Thomas Massie
@thomasmassie· Republican · KY· Nov 15, 2023

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 869 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 869 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

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Thomas Massie
@thomasmassie· Republican · KY· Nov 15, 2023

If I had a nickel for every time the other side of the aisle uses the word ``extreme,'' I would buy you lunch today. It must be poll tested. ``Extreme'' must be good for them in the polls. Let me tell you what is extreme and what every…

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