Mulvaney declares hiring freeze at Consumer Bureau

T TV Tuesday 28/November/2017 11:33 AM
By: Times News Service

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's choice to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said he has no plans to 'blow up' the agency, but will impose a 30-day hiring and policy freeze.
White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's choice to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said he has no plans to blow up the agency, but will impose a 30-day hiring and policy freeze.
"Rumors that I'm going to set the place on fire or blow it up or lock the doors are completely false, " Mulvaney said.
He added that the president has made it 'very clear' he wants Mulvaney to head the bureau.
"Since my name's on the door now, I want to be here, I don't want anything to come out of here that I don't know about," Mulvaney said.
White House budget director Mick Mulvaney has legal standing to take charge of U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a role he began on Monday, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.
"Director Mulvaney has taken charge of that agency and has the full cooperation of the staff and things went very well during his first day," Sanders told reporters.
"I think the legal outline shows very clearly who is in charge of that agency." Mulvaney arrived at the offices of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency he tried to dismantle when he was a congressman, with the support of President Donald Trump on Monday.
A day earlier, Mulvaney was sued by Leandra English, a senior CFPB official who claims that she is the agency's rightful leader.
Richard Cordray, the former director, pushed English to the top of the agency late last week in a final move before he stepped aside.
A federal court is due to weigh in on the issue as soon as Monday.
Trump has a right to name a permanent chief of the CFPB, officials agree. However, there are dueling claims about who gets to lead the agency in the meantime
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