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.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the Biden Administration celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – a key piece of the President’s Bidenomics agenda to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom up – which reduces costs for Americans, invests in America, makes the tax code fairer, and takes the most ambitious climate action in history.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — As the White House and Congressional leaders work on a deal over the debt ceiling, it's Ohioans who could pay the price as the nation faces the threat of a default.
Standing in front of the Veteran's Memorial in Downtown Columbus, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty says she's concerned that if a deal on the debt ceiling isn't reached, veterans would suffer.
"I'm standing here with the people who fought for our country, for the people who deserve to be able to get their benefits," Beatty said.
Washington, D.C. — To conclude Financial Literacy Month, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (WI-08) last week introduced the Student Empowerment and Financial Literacy Act, a bill that would create a grant program within the Department of Education to promote financial literacy programs in K-12 schools. The grants would be awarded for three years on a competitive basis and would prioritize schools that serve underbanked populations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40) introduced a resolution, H. Res. 291, in the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize April as ‘Financial Literacy Month.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty (OH-03), alongside Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), introduced legislation to establish a National Center to prevent the import of illicit synthetic drugs, like fentanyl and its precursors, into the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) and U.S. Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40) announced the relaunch of the Congressional Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation Caucus for the 118th Congress. The Congresswomen will serve as co-chairs of the Caucus, which is a bipartisan group of legislators committed to empowering Americans with the tools needed to build wealth and achieve financial stability.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, released the following statement on actions taken by the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regarding Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, announced Subcommittee assignments today for the 118th Congress. U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) was appointed to serve as Ranking Member of the National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee.
Reacting to the announcement, Beatty issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, US Congresswoman and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03) issued the following statement on the President’s Executive Action on Marijuana Reform:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, legislation authored by U.S. Congresswoman and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03) to provide Americans a public draft of the upcoming twenty dollar note featuring abolitionist Harriet Tubman passed the House as part of a six-bill appropriations minibus. The provision was adopted as an amendment to the bill, H.R. 8294. First announced in 2016, work on the “Tubman Twenty” was paused under the Trump Administration.