![]() It’s a cover for trying to undo consumer protection and allow financial institutions to do irresponsible things. "This notion that we need to be able to let businesses get loans is a sham. They will tell Republican members of Congress 'don’t do that.' I think if people understand what he’s trying to do, they will rebel. What they can do is use the public opinion. "You can’t stop him from appointing people who won’t use their power. But what he will do, and this is what I most fear, he will appoint people who won’t use the powers, who will be too lax in using some of their authority."įrank's advice for Democrats going forward I don’t think he’s going to get people back in the business of making subprime loans by statute and I don’t think he’s going to be able to deregulate derivatives. "I don’t think he’s going to be able to repeal any of the substantive parts of the law. Under the reconciliation vote, where you only need 51 votes in the Senate, they will probably sadly cut back on the financial autonomy of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which I’m very proud to have helped create. "There is one thing that he can do probably with less than 60 votes in the Senate. Those are legislated and those are not going to be repealed, because you’re not going to get 60 votes in the Senate to do it. Fortunately, I don’t think there’s anything he can do about that. "In terms of substance, the restrictions on derivatives is the most important, because that’s how we got in trouble. The only provision we have is to stop these abusive subprime loans." It says no one should lend money to very low-income people with no assets to buy homes which then they would be defaulting on. There’s one provision in the bill that would fix lending. On Frank's reading of President Trump's plans Trump called Dodd-Frank a "disaster," claiming the regulations hurt those in the business community because they "can't borrow money" from the banks.įrank spoke to WBUR's Morning Edition about the future of his landmark legislation under the Trump administration. Listen to the full interview at the top of this post. Barney Frank.įormer President Obama signed Dodd-Frank into law as part of his administration's response to the 2008 financial crisis, aiming to increase oversight on banks and set up a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Trump's plan to rewrite major parts of the Dodd-Frank Act is drawing ire from one of the people who helped create the financial industry regulations: former Massachusetts U.S. Barney Frank in Boston, in a 2012 file photo (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
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