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Issue Position: Strengthening Consumer Financial Protection

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By: Maxine Waters

Date: Jan. 1, 2012

Issues: Finance and Banking

To strengthen the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, I created a spot for an expert in consumer protection on the Bureau's Advisory Board.

Many for-profit lending and education institutions prey upon students with promises of cheap lending and a substantive education. I helped shape legislation to make sure that all loans offered by private institutions are regulated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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