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NTEU Op-Ed Defends CFPB

In an op-ed published in Government Executive, National President Doreen Greenwald warns that by targeting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the executive branch exposed its flagrant disregard for the people’s representatives in Congress, the laws they pass to protect their voters from financial harm, and the public servants who have dedicated their careers to its virtuous mission.

Greenwald also addresses threats to other federal agencies. "If a president objects to a federal law, they need to take it up with Congress, not fire everyone hired to implement it. This logic applies to nearly everything the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is destroying."

Read the full op-ed.