Minority Press Releases
Senate Banking Committee Democrats Urge Chairman Crapo To Hold Another Hearing On Dr. Judy Shelton’s Nomination to the Federal Reserve Board
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, led a letter signed by all Committee Democrats to U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs urging him to hold another hearing on Dr. Judy Shelton’s nomination for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve before moving her nomination forward. On Friday, Chairman Crapo announced that he … Continue Reading
July 10, 2020
ICYMI: Brown, Klobuchar Call On The Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency to Ensure Banks Provide Relief to Homeowners
WASHINGTON - United States Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, led seven colleagues in a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency calling for clarification regarding the critical role played by state and local officials—including Governors and Attorneys General—in working with banks to provide relief to homeowners and mortgage holders during the coronavirus pandemic.… Continue Reading
July 9, 2020
Brown Statement on the Supreme Court’s Split Rulings on President Trump’s Financial Records
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - released the following statement after the Supreme Court split its decisions regarding whether the President had to release financial documents to law enforcement and Congress.“Today’s Supreme Court decisions on President Trump’s financial records make clear that no one, not even the President, is above the law. Although the Court did not require immediat… Continue Reading
July 7, 2020
Brown Blasts The Trump Administration for Gutting The Payday Lending Rule
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - released the following statement following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) announcement of a new payday lending rule. The CFPB previously issued a 2017 rule under former Director Cordray that required payday lenders to determine that consumers can repay loans. The new rule eliminates this critical protection and follows reports that Trump's political app… Continue Reading
July 6, 2020
Brown Statement on the Release of Critical PPP Loan Data
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - released the following statement after news that U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and The Treasury Department released data on the borrowers of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans:“The Administration releasing this data is a first step that will allow for proper oversight and inform future stimulus plans,” said, Senator Brown. “The American… Continue Reading
July 2, 2020
Brown Statement on HUD’s New Anti-Trans Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - released the following statement after reports showed the Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed a new rule that would impede transgender individuals’ access to shelters.“Once again the Trump Administration has reached new levels of cruelty - advancing another housing rule that would undermine the humanity of transgender people and thei… Continue Reading
July 1, 2020
Brown, Colleagues Press Treasury Department’s FinCEN to Brief Senators on Possible Russian Bounty-linked Wire Transfers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today joined Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), in a letter to Kenneth A. Blanco, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) expressing concern regarding press reports that cite evidence of the existence of intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military… Continue Reading
July 1, 2020
Brown Condemns The GOP For Holding Up Rental Assistance And Relief For Millions Of Renters and Homeowners
Download production quality video here.WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs today continued his push for more rental assistance and to urge his colleagues to help the for the millions of people struggling to pay their rent and bills or at risk of losing their homes.“The Trump Administration has pretty much given up - but we can’t. We need to do our jobs. We need to show leadership where the pr… Continue Reading
July 1, 2020
Brown Urges Senate Action on Bipartisan Anti-Money Laundering Amendment to NDAA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - released the following statement on the Crapo-Brown Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The legislation called the “Anti- Money Laundering Act of 2020,” would increase transparency in our nation’s financial system and combat the use of anonymous shell companies to commit financial crimes. “Money laundering is never a victimless c… Continue Reading
July 1, 2020
Brown Blasts DataWorks Plus’ Unreliable Facial Recognition Technology
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - today sent a letter to DataWorks Plus asking the company to provide information to Congress regarding the use of the company’s FACE Plus and FACE Watch Plus facial recognition technology in law enforcement across the nation. Brown cited a New York Times report that revealed that the technology led directly to the wrongful arrest of Robert Julian-Borchak Williams of Michigan… Continue Reading
June 30, 2020
Brown Calls For A More Equitable Banking System
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing entitled “The Digitization of Money and Payments.”Sen. Brown’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow:Big Tech companies have made a lot of big promises about the better society they were going to allow us to build.And they have not lived up to them.They sold us the idea the technology they’d… Continue Reading
June 30, 2020
ICYMI: Sens. Menendez, Brown Introduce Bill to Support Homeowners, Renters Struggling Amid COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Fallout
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D- N.J.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today introduced the Coronavirus Housing Counseling Improvement Act to expand access to critical information, assistance programs and services for millions of families struggling to remain in their homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic fallout. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.),Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Cory Booker (D.N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (D-… Continue Reading
June 29, 2020
Brown, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Extend Nation-wide Moratorium on Evictions
Washington, DC - United States Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Congressman Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the Protecting Renters… Continue Reading
June 29, 2020
Brown Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Constitutionality of the CFPB
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - released the following statement following the Supreme Court’s decision to undermine the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB). The ruling is a win for corporations and a loss for consumers.“Today’s decision is just the latest example of the Supreme Court putting corporations over consumers. It flies in the face of the hard lesso… Continue Reading
June 29, 2020
ICYMI: BROWN WIRED OP-ED: Privacy Isn’t a Right You Can Click Away
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - penned an op-ed in Wired Magazine today about his proposal, the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020, which creates a new framework for Americans to hold corporations, big tech, and the government responsible for how they collect and protect personal data.“Privacy is a civil right. But corporations force you to sign it … Continue Reading
June 25, 2020
Brown Blast Trump Regulators For Rolling Back Key Financial Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - released the following statement after the federal banking agencies finalized changes to the Swap Margin rule, the Volcker Rule, and a rule permitting “Rent-a-Bank” schemes. These are additional actions in a long line of decisions by the Trump regulators to put Wall Street interests over those of hardworking Americans as the economy struggles to recover … Continue Reading
June 25, 2020
Senators Warren and Brown Call for Capital One & Major Debt Collectors to Immediately Suspend Lawsuits and Wage Garnishment Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Text of Letter to Capital One (PDF) | Text of Letter to Encore Capital (PDF) | Text of Letter to PRA Group (PDF) | Text of Letter to Alorica Inc. (PDF) Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee sent letters to Capital One Financial Corp. and to Encore Capital Group, PRA Group, Alorica Inc., three of the nation's largest debt collectors, following … Continue Reading
June 24, 2020
Warren and Brown Urge Regulators: Reverse Rule that Weakens Capital Requirements and Makes Banks More Vulnerable to Collapse During this Crisis
Text of Letter (PDF)Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today raised concerns to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Fed), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the Comptroller of the Curr… Continue Reading
June 24, 2020
SCHATZ, SENATORS URGE FED TO SUSPEND PAYMENTS TO SHAREHOLDERS DURING PANDEMIC, ENSURE STABILITY OF U.S. FINANCIAL SYSTEM
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) led a group of senators in calling on the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) to require banks to suspend dividend payments to shareholders as the economy struggles to recover from the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The senators urged Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Vice Chair Randal Quarles to ensure banks conserve capital now so that they can continue lending if the economic fallout from the pandemic turns more severe.“The banking system will face increa… Continue Reading
June 23, 2020
Republican Stalling on Export-Import Bank Board Nominees Undermines Workers and Small Businesses During COVID-19 Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing entitled “Oversight of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.”Sen. Brown’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow:Mr. Chairman, thank you for calling today’s hearing. President Reed, thank you for joining us. This is a critical time for EXIM. Last year we finally provided certainty t… Continue Reading
