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Bennie Thompson's Public Statements on Issue: Finance and Banking

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (MS) - District 2

Date Title
06/24/2021 Letter to the Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Duckworth, Durbin call on President Biden to extend pause on student loan payments
06/23/2021 Letter to President Joseph R. Biden - Pressley, Warren, Schumer, Courtney Lead Call Urging Biden to Extend Pause on Student Loan Payments
09/16/2020 Congressman Thompson Announced $2,024,737 in CDFI Funds Awarded to Banking Institutions in The Mississippi Second District
09/10/2020 Congressman Thompson Announced $157,500 Awarded to Mississippi Second Congressional District Community-Based Organizations
05/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury - Reps. Peter Defazio, Lloyd Doggett, Senator Elizabeth Warren Urge the Federal Reserve & Treasury to Put Workers First, Ensure Accountability in Corporate Bailouts
05/08/2020 Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Reps. Pressley, Adams, Omar Lead Call to Cancel Student Loan Debt
04/23/2020 Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin. Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury - Eshoo Leads 41 Members of Congress in Calling For Access To Federal Loans For Midsize Startups
04/19/2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Veasey, Cárdenas, Chu Urge House Leadership to Include Reporting Requirements on PPP Loan Approvals
04/16/2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Bonamici, Haaland, Young Call on House Leadership to Lift Barriers for Credit Unions, Help Small Businesses
03/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Cicilline Leading Effort to Help Student Loan Borrowers
03/19/2020 Letter to Mary McNiff, CEO of Citibank, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Richard Fairbank, CEO of Capital One, Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, Roger Hochschild, CEO of Discover, Margaret Keane, CEO of Synchrony Financial, Stephen Squeri, CEO of American Express, Charles Scharf, CEO of Wells Fargo, and Andrew Cecere, CEO of U.S. Bank - Congressman Johnson, 45 Members Asking Credit Card Companies to Suspend Interest, Late Fees
10/16/2018 Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Release More Information About Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
03/19/2018 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, the Hon. Nita Lowey, the Hon. Tom Graves, and the Hon. Mike Quigley - Funding Request to Support Businesses in Underserved Communities
01/24/2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Retain CFPB Director Richard Cordray
01/18/2017 The Hill - Trump Must Keep CFPB Director RIchard Cordray
08/26/2015 Letter to Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Small Business Lending Data
09/21/2011 Letter to Speaker Boehner - Emergency Funds
05/13/2011 Thompson on TASC Cancellation
07/22/2010 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Elizabeth Warren to Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
05/12/2010 Mississippi Delegation Asks SEC to Help Secure Compensation for Stanfornd Financial Victims
04/26/2010 Letter to the Honorable Mary Schapiro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision - Investigate Fraud at Goldman Sachs
10/03/2008 Congressman Thompson Votes Against Wall Street Bailout
Issue Position: Banking
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