Issue Position: Protecting Consumers

Issue Position

Dick Durbin is the recognized national leader in making sure the food we eat is safe. His efforts have increased food safety inspections, created stronger protections to keep tainted food off the market, and improved safeguards that protect our children from toys with lead or dangerous chemicals.

Dick also became a leading foe of Wall Street's excess, authoring legislation to establish a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the wake of the economic meltdown of 2008. He led the fight against the big banks for reform of interchange or "swipe" fees charged to retailers and debit card users, and he has strongly supported new rules to prohibit banks from gambling their depositors' funds on risky investments.

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