Wagner Statement on the Resignation of CFPB Director Richard Cordray

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02), Chairman of the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee, released the below statement following the announcement of Director Richard Cordray's resignation from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:

"Good riddance."

BACKGROUND

• VIDEO: Cordray Dismisses Wagner Question On $215 Million Spent On The Bureau's HQ, Ask "Why Does That Matter To You?"
• PRESS RELEASE: Chairman Wagner: CFPB is an Unconstitutional Behemoth
• FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE BLOG: Unconstitutional CFPB ‘Asleep at the Wheel' on Wells Fargo
• VIDEO: Wagner Questions CFPB Director Richard Cordray at hearing entitled "The 2016 Semi-Annual Reports of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection"
• Reports on the CFPB under Richard Cordray by Congresswoman Wagner's Financial Services Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee
  • Was the "Cop on the Beat"?: Interim Majority Staff Report on the Wells Fargo Fraudulent Accounts Scandal
  • Arbitration Final Report, August 4, 2017
  • Did the CFPB Let Wells Fargo "Beat the Rap"?: Second Interim Majority Staff Report on the Wells Fargo Fraudulent Accounts Scandal