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The work that you are doing is critical, from protecting our consumers to making sure that our financial regulators mirror the diversity of our nation, so thank you for your efforts.

It is obvious that the CFPB's lack of transparency is of grave concern.

I think every Member had something important and very, very thoughtful to say about what is taking place...

You are implementing progressive policies at the expense of both consumers seeking financial products and market participants trying to comply with the law.

I want to commend you for that outreach, because without that outreach, we could not have gotten a bipartisan product.

It is good to see you. Today, I want to touch on an issue related to transparency and encouraging innovation and competition.

Well, that, 'help,' has had a negative effect on consumer protection.

But I just want to close here. So in your view, guidance is not legally binding. Is that true?

We have other regulators that have been doing this stuff for 100 years, and your approach at the CFPB is novel.

So, you would tell folks who look at new guidance that was issued maybe this morning, that has no new force of law, no new obligation on them, that it is just guidance?

Are those legally enforceable, though? Is that guidance legally enforceable?

I raised this last April about regulation-by-press-release. In your first 6 months, you issued 49 press releases.

Next month, there will be a new Majority in the House of Representatives. We look forward to more oversight.

Why wouldn't the next Director, with a politically-different persuasion, not abuse his or her powers with the precedent you have set?

I want to congratulate you on your 4 years as Chair.

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Until we change course away from failed progressivism, which is really regressive, working families will find it harder and harder to afford their daily lives.