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Committee on Energy and Commerce
Rep. John D. Dingell, Chairman

Chairmen Dingell and Frank Call for Increased Federal Consumer Protection

Washington, DC – Rep. John Dingell, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services committee today sent a joint letter to federal financial services regulators and the Federal Trade Commission, calling for the strengthening of protections for financial consumers against unfair and deceptive trade practices. The letter was sent to Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, John M. Reich, Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, John C. Dugan, Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Sheila Bair, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

See the letter

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