Warren to put hold on Trump consumer bureau nominee

Source: The Hill


BY SYLVAN LANE - 06/19/18 09:58 AM EDT

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday said she would block President Trump’s nominee to lead a consumer protection agency until the White House budget official explains her role in the administration’s controversial “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.

Warren said she would put a hold on the nomination of Kathy Kraninger to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) until she answers questions about her involvement in policies that include separating migrant children from parents seeking asylum for their family in the United States.

“Kathy Kraninger helps oversee the agencies that are ripping kids from their parents,” Warren said Tuesday on Twitter. “Now @realDonaldTrump wants her to run the @CFPB. I will put a hold on her nomination – & fight it at every step – until she turns over all documents about her role in this.” Warren’s hold would slow down the confirmation process for Kraninger under Senate rules.

Trump on Monday nominated Kraninger, an associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, to serve as director of the CFPB, a polarizing financial sector watchdog agency.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/finance/392965-warren-to-put-hold-on-trump-consumer-bureau-nominee