Kathy Kraninger’s role in the Trump administration’s Zero Tolerance Policy on immigration and the administration’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico took center stage July 19 at the Senate Banking Committee’s nomination hearing to consider Kraninger as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Kraninger and the White House have not responded to 12 Democratic committee members’ previous requests for documents about her current experience as the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) associate director, prompting them to request the hearing be delayed.
Read on for highlights of Kraninger’s discussions with senators at the nomination hearing.
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