Consumer Financial Protection Agency Toolkit
CFPA Overview
Tools to Take Action
Grassroots Report
Recent U.S. Chamber Activity on the CFPA
- Senators Call for Bipartisan Approach to Regulatory Reform
- CFPA Act One-Pager (PDF)
- Senate CFPA Talking Points (Updated March 2010)
- Side by Side Comparison of Financial Reform Proposals (PDF)
- What the CFPA Means for Small Businesses (PDF)
- The Impact of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency on Small Business (PDF)
- Proposed CFPA Will Disproportionately Harm Small Businesses (PDF)
- Sample State Chamber Letter
- Listen to the April 1, 2010, CFPA call recording for action items (MP3 file)
- Call Your Senators During the Spring Recess
- Write Your Senators and tell them to Vote No on the CFPA
- Sample letter for contacting your Congressional delegation (Word)
- Target your outreach to the U.S. Senate Committee of Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
- Submit an op-ed to your local paper. Click here for an example.
- Host an event. Click here for a sample agenda.
- Use our Web image on your site and link it to http://www.stopthecfpa.com/.
- Report Back Using the Grassroots Report - Complete our short survey to become involved in our expanded Grassroots efforts.
Recent U.S. Chamber Activity on the CFPA
Press Releases
- March 26 2010 - U.S. Chamber Intensifies Campaign for Bipartisan Financial Regulatory Reform
- March 26 2010 - U.S. Chamber Intensifies Campaign for Bipartisan Financial Regulatory Reform
- March 24 2010 - Read the Facts and Fictions on Financial Reform
- January 26 2010 - U.S. and Billings Chambers of Commerce Amplify Warning Against 'Consumer Financial Protection Agency'
- December 11 2009 - U.S. Chamber Calls on Senate to Fix Financial Regulatory Reform Bill
- December 8 2009 - U.S. Chamber Launches Next Phase In Campaign Against the CFPA
- December 2 2009 - U.S. Chamber and 2,100 Businesses, Chambers and Individuals Urge Better Path Forward on Financial Regulatory Reform
- October 29 2009 - U.S. Chamber: We Need New Approach to Consumer Financial Protection
- October 9 2009 - U.S. Chamber of Commerce Statement on Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency
- September 30 2009 - U.S. Chamber Highlights Continued Concerns with Latest So-Called Consumer Protection Agency Proposal
- September 23 2009 - U.S. Chamber Says Consumer Protection Agency Proposal Won't Enhance Consumer Protection
- September 8 2009 - U.S. Chamber Mounts Opposition to So-Called Consumer Financial Protection Agency
- July 22 2009 - U.S. Chamber Welcomes Delay on Flawed Consumer Financial Product Agency Proposal
Studies and Op-Eds
- 10 March 2010 – Read the New Study on the Main Street Benefits of our Financial Markets
- 29 January 2010 – CFPA Would Limit Credit and Prevent Consumer Revival of the Economy
Letters to the Hill
- 26 March 2010 – Letter to Deputy Secretary Wolin on Financial Regulatory Reform
- 17 February 2010 – Multi-industry letter regarding the CFPA
- 03 December 2009 – Joint Association letter to Congress on the FTC Act
- 01 December 2009 – National Sign on letter to Congress
- 13 October 2009 – Multi-Industry Letter to Chairman Frank Join Trade Letter on H.R. 3126
Testimonies
- 30 September 2009 –Testimony: Perspectives on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
- 23 September 2009 –Testimony: Consumer Financial Protection Agency's Impact on Small Business
Television and Print Advertisements
- No Sleep Television Advertisement
- Get Financial Reform Wrong (PDF)
- Economic Recovery is Not Part of the CFPA Puzzle (PDF)
- Now Washington wants to make it even harder for Americans to do business (PDF)
- The CFPA and Small Business (PDF)
Other Financial Regulatory Reform Materials