I have exciting news -- with a new Democratic Majority in the Senate, I am proud to assume the role of Chair of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Under Repubulican Senate leaders, the Banking and Housing Committee has been all about Wall Street, at the expense of everyone else. 

The pandemic has laid bare how our economy does not deliver for workers and how corporations don’t treat workers as essential to their success. And former President Trump and Republicans in Congress have rolled over for Wall Street at every turn, giving more power to the biggest banks that have stood in the way of progress for working people.

Something has to change, and now, we have the opportunity to make it happen.

Since joining the Banking and Housing Committee, I’ve been fighting to lift up workers and recognize the dignity of ALL work, and with Joe Biden in the White House, a new Democratic Senate Majority, and the chairmanship of this critical committee, we have the opportunity to finally deliver results workers are counting on:

• Delivering economic relief during the pandemic
• Making housing more affordable
• Restoring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to full strength
• Combating racism embedded in our banking and housing systems
• Seizing clean energy opportunities to fight climate change

In my new position, I promise to work closely with the Biden Administration to build our economy back better, so it puts workers first -- not Wall Street.

With gratitude,

Sherrod