Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who played a key role in establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Agency as a watchdog over banks and credit card companies 15 years ago, is calling for an investigation into efforts by the Trump administration to weaken it.
On Tuesday evening, Sen. Warren and fellow Democratic Sen. Andy Kim, who both sit on the Committee of Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, demanded investigations into a push to slash the CFPB’s workforce and cancel its contracts.
