Richard Cordray: “I read and see the stories about the NSA. I am an American citizen. I have the same concerns that I think you do about…”

On top of the historic debt that we have pushed upon tens of millions of Americans, they face a financial marketplace that is littered with predatory players.

That is the law we are required to enforce. We will enforce it vigorously, and we believe to root out discrimination, which nobody supports, in any of these markets.

I don't believe in a scorched-earth approach.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the Nation's first Federal agency with the sole focus of protecting consumers in the financial marketplace.