Ask Your House Representative to Support the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Congress is considering legislation to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (H.R. 3126) to guard us against misleading and unfair credit cards, loans and mortgages. In addition to giving consumers a much-needed watchdog, the Barney Frank (D-Mass.) bill would protect whistleblowers who will warn us of wrongdoing by the big banks and others in the financial industry. We're making significant progress! Thanks to help from activists like you, the bill recently passed out of the House Financial Services Committee. But the big banks are spending hundreds of millions of dollars—from the billions they got in taxpayer-funded bailouts—on lobbyists and public relations firms to oppose real consumer protections, and the bill still needs to be passed on the floor of the full House of Representatives. Make sure Congress hears from you! Use the simple form below to tell Congress that you want a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency and a strong economy that works for all of us. Learn more on our Financial Accountability and Security page. You can also ask your senators to support real financial reform. Please take a moment to add your own words to the email below. This greatly increases the likelihood that your message will make a difference! You can also ask your representative and senators to support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency by phone by calling the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Let us know how it goes!

November 20, 2009 Subject: I am fed up with the Wall Street firms and big banks that turned our economy upside down. Thanks to weakened regulations and ineffective oversight, the financial services industry was allowed to play by its own rules—and sometimes no rules at all. We ended up with credit cards, loans and mortgages that were unfair and unsafe. Millions of Americans are losing their savings, their jobs, their businesses, and their homes. More than a year after the financial meltdown, our entire economy continues to suffer. I am writing today as a constituent to ask you to support the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act (H.R. 3126). This excellent bill will create a much needed watchdog for consumers and ensure more accountability from the financial industry by protecting employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing. The House should pass this bill without weakening it. Also, the federal consumer laws must not preempt the states. This would advantage the big banks and Wall Street, but would disadvantage community banks and consumers. The states must be allowed to enforce tougher consumer protection laws. Please fight for more consumer protections by creating a federal financial watchdog with some teeth. Thank you for listening to a constituent. I look forward to your reply. We will add your signature from the information you provide.		First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 Street 3 City* State/Province* Select a state Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces (the) Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other Zip/Postal Code* Send an Email
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