Financial Services and Consumer Protection
Beatty's Focus on Financial Services and Consumer Protections
As a senior Member of the Financial Services Committee and Member of the Joint Economic Committee, I am fighting to ensure an economy and financial services system that works for ALL Americans.
Highlights of Beatty Work on Financial Services and Consumer Protection
- Co-Chair of the House Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus.
- Authored the Financial Literacy College Education Act to establish best practices to teach financial literacy at institutions of higher education. The bill was signed into law in the 115th Congress.
- Passed the Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act out of the Financial Services Committee to provide consumers with free access to their credit scores.
- One of the lead Democrats on the Consumers First Act, a bill to make sure consumers’ interests are placed before the interests of corporations.
- Leader on efforts to ensure the Treasury Department places Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.
Read more below, or please contact my office for more information concerning my work and views on Financial Services.
More on Financial Services and Consumer Protection
Apr 21, 2021
Press Release
Housing Financial Literacy Act would improve housing affordability and financial literacy.
Apr 1, 2021
Announcements
April is Financial Literacy Month, a month-long education and awareness initiative focused on equipping Americans with the much needed tools and skills to develop and maintain healthy financial habits.
Mar 25, 2021
Press Release
Reps. Beatty and Williams author D&I DATA bill.
Mar 24, 2021
Announcements
Beatty joins President Biden on the "Help is Here" Tour in Columbus, Ohio.
Mar 23, 2021
News Articles
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Chair of the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, sent requests to the nation’s 31 largest investment firms—those with $400 billion or more of assets under management—for data on their diversity and inclusion.
Mar 19, 2021
Press Release
Holds hearing to examine financial services industry lack of ‘good faith’ in diversity and inclusion reporting.
Mar 17, 2021
Announcements
Get answers on Congressional Democrats' bill to deliver COVID-19 relief to workers, families, and small businesses.
Mar 3, 2021
Press Release
Ohio would receive more than $11 billion in federal funding.
Feb 26, 2021
News Articles
It is the 50th anniversary of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Feb 25, 2021
Press Release
Helped lead introduction of LGBTQ+ rights bill.