Senior attorney joins state coalition groups to urge Congress to protect federal consumer agency from funding cuts

(May 1, 2025) Jason Pikler, Senior Attorney and Deputy Director of the Housing, Consumer, and Energy Project, joined several other state coalition groups to urge Congress to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from funding cuts.

“[By] stripping the CFPB of its workforce and resources…North Carolinians will simply have nowhere to turn when they need help. That not only hurts North Carolina consumers, tens of thousands of whom have received monetary or non-monetary relief through the efforts of the CFPB, but it also hurts upstanding companies that need to compete with scammers and entities who choose to cut corners and engage in unfair and deceptive practices,” said Jason Pikler, Deputy Director of the Housing and Consumer Energy Project.

Read his full quote here.