Finance
Free and efficient financial markets are essential to a diverse and growing economy. They allow businesses to succeed and individuals to build financial security. To support that system, we need smart regulation that ensures access to capital and credit, enables companies to go public, incentivizes innovation, and provides choice and access for investors while protecting consumers.
Main Street Lending
Federal regulators are getting ready to implement new rules for banks. The result could be less credit and slower growth for American business.
ESG / Corporate Governance
If a change in public company audit standards is adopted, it would turn public company audits into wide-ranging investigations. And the cost to investors and public companies would be sky high.
ESG / Corporate Governance
A fragmented approach to mandatory disclosure requirements risks damaging U.S. capital markets and weakening our economy’s competitiveness.
Further reading
- How Bank Mergers Promote CompetitionBank mergers help drive innovation and access to products and services for consumers. But proposed legislation could stifle deals at a time when new technologies and entrants are creating more competition than ever before.Learn More
- Main Street Business United Against Burdensome Bank RulesTo protect hometown businesses, more than 100 local chambers of commerce across America urge Biden Administration to scrap the “Basel III Endgame” banking rules.Learn More
- 3 Things You Need to Know About Stock BuybacksWith the potential for new legislative developments, now is a good time to take a closer look at stock buybacks: what they are, what they do, what motivates a company to make investment decisions, and who benefits when companies buy back their stock.Learn More
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This letter was sent to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs as the Subcommittee prepares to consider the Fiscal Year 2019 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations bill.
Recommended improvements include reforming how the bureau engages with industry and addressing concerns about its complaint database.
Testimony by Kate Larson, director for the U.S. Chamber's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC), delivered to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit during a hearing on improving transparency and accountability at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
Tom Quaadman, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) is testifying today before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment during a hearing on legislative proposals to help fuel capital and growth on Main Street.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement today in response to the passage of the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act” by the U.S. House of Representatives:
This is a good opportunity to put the bureau on a solid footing.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports S. 2155, the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,” which would better tailor regulations for community and regional banks.
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of S. 2155, the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.”
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of S.J.Res.57, a Congressional Review Act resolution to undo the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s action on indirect auto lending.
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection has the opportunity to make meaningful changes to create a more mature, data-driven agency.