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Comments to SEC in Support of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) Requirements

January 3, 2018

The FACT Coalition filed a comment on January 2, 2018 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supporting the agency’s proposal to mandate the disclosure of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) numbers by public companies and their subsidiaries. The Coalition also urged requiring all public companies to obtain LEIs, ensuring that the LEIs are disclosed in a machine-readable format, and mandating that companies disclose all of their subsidiaries in their disclosures, rather than simply their “significant” subsidiaries.

Letter to House and Senate Leaders Opposing Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R.1)

December 18, 2017

The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition (FACT Coalition) sent a letter to House and Senate leadership opposing the final conference version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R.1).

Letter to Reps. Hensarling and Waters Supporting End Banking for Human Traffickers Act (H.R.2219)

December 12, 2017

The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition (FACT Coalition) sent a letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling and Ranking Member Maxine Waters in support of the bipartisan End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017 (H.R.2219), which would increase the role of financial policymakers and the financial industry in combating human trafficking.

Letter to Reps. Hensarling and Waters Opposing H.R.4519

December 11, 2017

The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition (FACT Coalition) sent a letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling and Ranking Member Maxine Waters in opposition to H.R.4519, which would repeal the bipartisan Cardin-Lugar anti-corruption provision (Section 1504) of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

Letter to House Regarding “Legislative Proposals to Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance”

December 6, 2017

The FACT Coalition sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittees on Terrorism and Illicit Finance and Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit to be submitted to the official record of the November 29, 2017 joint hearing entitled “Legislative Proposals to Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance.”

Letter Opposing Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)

November 27, 2017

The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition (FACT Coalition) sent a letter to the Senate opposing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as it would create significant new tax incentives to move U.S jobs, profits, and operations overseas, while exploding the deficit.