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I Protection- Bureau

i'fOO Street, Washington. DC 90bb?

April 28, 2017

The Honorable eb Hensarling
Chairman

Committee on Financial Services
US. House of Representatives

2129 Rayburn House Of?ce Building
Washington, DC. 20515

Dear Chairman Hensarling:

Thank you for your letter dated March 31, 2017, discussing the intent of the Committee on
Financial Services to control its records. As you requested, I write to con?rm that the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will decline to produce records of the Committee
in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, to the
extent consistent with law.1

Bureau staff is continuing to review your March 31, 2017 letter and we will respond further
once that review and related consultation is complete. If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact me directly, or have your staff contact Steven Bressler of the Bureau?s
Legal Division or Patrick O?Brien of the Bureau?s Office of Legislative Affairs. Mr. Bressler
may be reached at (202) 435-7248 and Mr. O?Brien may be reached at (202) 435-7180.

Sincerely,

Richard Cordray

Director

cc: The Honorable Maxine Waters, Ranking Member, Committee on Financial Services

 

1 See, American Civil Liberties Union v. Central Intelligence Agency, 823 F.3d 655, 662 (DC. Cir. 2016).

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