Independent? Office? #45 has these criteria for any department head or member of his Administration: They must praise him endlessly, endorse any idiotic words from his mouth including all contradictions,must be prepared to destroy the Constitution, the American people, and the office or department they head to further enrich the wealthiest 1%.

Banks will try anything to lower their regulations, no matter the actual regulatory burden. ***These banks are doing just fine right now***! The point of regulations is to protect the American people. Stop trying to destroy these protections.

Not unless trump unlocks the consumer and financial protection bureau and gives it the freedom that Dodd/frank gave it

The existing process for banks appealing the findings of financial regulators works just fine, and this bill would let banks escape or delay accountability for violations of federal laws.

Here's an idea. Why not save the taxpayers money and stop wasting time drafting and passing individual bills that completely erode any hint of regulation of the financial industry in this country? You are not subtle and the public is not stupid! We understand you want to spend your last term in office giving what is left of the nation away to your special interests, lobbyists and big donors. You have proven over the past year you have their interests in mind, not the interests of the American people in your districts for whom you were elected to REPRESENT! I hope you all have your life jackets ready for the wave I hope hits DC. It is time to return public service, civility, honesty and humility to our political environment. The American people deserve it and our democratic republic demands it.

Another attempt to hamstring bank regulation?

As soon as I saw this was sponsored by a Republican, my immediate reaction was to oppose it. Upon further examination though I find that this is just another attempt by Republicans to weaken consumer protections and further the interests of the big banks. No way this should be approved. GET RID OF CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS IN NOVEMBER

Have “we” forgotten the financial disaster of 2008. I haven’t! Dodd-Frank was established to protect the American people from the greed and recklessness of the big financial institutions. I remember clearly what happened to my retirement funds and how many years it took to get back to the pre-2008 level. Those are years it could have been growing instead of recovering! So now we are going to deregulate our banks back to that disaster?? What are you people thinking? Obviously not about the welfare of your constituents!

This bill would give banks to much freedom in the long run which could eventually lead to some kind of greed. I believe banks are currently in check right now, so we shouldn't pass this bill, especially because of it being an independent office. The reason I emphasize independent office is because if this bill was passed it might start as an independent office, but who´s to say it will stay that way. As you can see we U.S citizens seem to distrust banks holding our money, but we will still use them for our convince.

BANKS WILL TRY ANYTHING TO GET OUT OF BEING REGULATED AND THIS IS SOMETHING REPUBLICANS JUST LOVE! BUT REGULATIONS ARE THERE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE, NOT THE PROFIT OF BUSINESSES! NOTHING THAT TAKES AWAY THE POWER OF THE REGULATIONS THAT PROTECT US--THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, SHOULD EVER BE ALLOWED TO WEAKEN THOSE REGULATIONS. THAT WAY LEADS TO FRAUD BY THE BIG BUSINESSES OF THE LITTLE GUY, AND THAT IS THE REST OF THE NON-EXTREMELY WEALTHY! WE NEED REGULATIONS BECAUSE THE BIG BUSINESSES CAN JUST BUY THE VOTES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND WE CANNOT!

Existing procedures and processes work well and with efficiency and this is an unnecessary new layer of bureaucracy and a thinly veiled attempt to further deregulate banks unnecessarily and actually dangerously.

Only one more way for the banks to get rid of regulations and do whatever they want. If the banks want it, it can only hurt the consumers and the economy.

We need more bank regulation.

No more giving to big banks

Separation of bank and State I say.

Removed consumer protections from risky Wall Street speculation is never a good idea, shame on you.

This is just a bill to allow banks to skirt their regulatory requirements. If it wasn’t clear enough that Congress works for Wall Street, it should be very clear now given the Congress has ambushed us with all these financial industry deregulation bills.