Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    CFPB chief Mick Mulvaney says he could just 'twiddle my thumbs' before Congress to highlight agency's flaws

    by Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Apr 11, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Mick Mulvaney took his seat before a congressional committee Wednesday for the first time since his controversial appointment to be the nation's top consumer financial watchdog and boldly declared he didn't have to say a word.

    "I believe it would be my statutory right to just sit here and twiddle my thumbs while you all ask questions," Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told the House Financial Services Committee.

    The 2010 Dodd-Frank law that created the bureau in the wake of the financial crisis only requires the bureau director to appear before Congress, but doesn't specifically mandate answering questions, said Mulvaney, a Republican and outspoken critic

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times3 min read
    Review: Dua Lipa Is A Pop Star With No Lore On 'Radical Optimism'
    Dua Lipa's "Radical Optimism" has a hilarious album cover, two songs about illusionists and what may end up the year's most succulent bass playing. What it doesn't have is the kind of detailed celebrity meta-narrative that's come to define — and to p
    Los Angeles Times2 min read
    Three Friends Drove From California To Mexico For A Surfing Trip. Then They Disappeared
    MEXICO CITY — Last month, two brothers and one of their friends crossed from the United States into Mexico to explore Baja California's famous surf breaks. Pictures posted online by one of the brothers, Callum Robinson, 33, show the men gazing out at
    Los Angeles Times2 min read
    Three Friends Drove From California To Mexico For A Surfing Trip. Then They Disappeared
    Last month, two brothers and one of their friends crossed from the United States into Mexico to explore Baja California's famous surf breaks. One of the brothers, Callum Robinson, 33, posted snapshots of their journey on Instagram, showing the men ga

    Related Books & Audiobooks