Agency tasked with investigating discrimination accused of discrimination

Agency tasked with investigating discrimination accused of discrimination

The Daily Caller

12:03 AM 04/03/2014

http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/03/agency-tasked-with-investigating-discrimination-accused-of-discrimination

The federal agency tasked with investigating allegations of discrimination in consumer financial transactions was accused of discriminatory treatment of its own employees in a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday.

Angela Martin, a senior enforcement attorney with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), alleged that a ring of managers within the CFPB favors men over women in promotions, performance reviews, and the work place environment.

“I am a victim of discrimination by the bureau dating back to May 2012, and I have suffered severe retaliation since December 2012, which continues through today,” Martin said during an emotional testimony. “Sadly, my story is not unique. My colleagues likewise have suffered and are suffering at the hands of inexperienced, unaccountable managers. I am glad this hearing is being held because, based on my observations at the Bureau, I have concluded that the Bureau is sorely in need of effective oversight, and that Bureau management needs to be held accountable, particularly with regards to its internal management practices.”

Martin said that after she filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity office within CFPB, her manager retaliated against her by informing her that her subordinates would now report to him. He then threatened to bring counter claims, took away investigative duties, and held her responsible for work she hadn’t done, said Martin.

She said there is a ring of upper level managers in the CFPB division she works in — the consumer responses division led by Scott Pluta — engages in behavior which discriminates against females and minorities. During her testimony, Martin said she had been told that Pluta was “developing his own empire within the office of consumer responses within the CFRP.”

Martin charged that Pluta hoped to fill the office of consumer responses with cronies and so-called “yes men” who would do anything he asked — because they all were thankful for the opportunity he was giving them.

The CFRP didn’t send a representative to the meeting to defend its conduct, saying this was a private personnel matter, but Martin countered that Pluta had on at least one occasion referred to an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint she had filed during a staff meeting.

TheDC reported earlier this week on a report from the Senator Chuck Grassley’s office about the Obama administration routinely violating non-disclosure protections for whistleblowers.

The hearing made waves before it even began. On March 31, Reps. Maxine Waters and Al Green asked for the hearing be called off in a letter to committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling and Investigations and Oversight Sub-Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry.

Waters and Green argued in their letter that there is systemic discrimination throughout the financial regulatory sphere, and the CFPB was unfairly being singled out.

In the letter, Waters and Green suggested that Inspector General’s Office overseeing each of the federal regulatory agencies should conduct an investigation, but Martin said she went to the IGs Office at the Federal Reserve Bank and the IGs office told her the IG’s office didn’t handle her type of complaint.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a bureau for the Federal Reserve System.

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Victor H. Fazio Jr. is a senior adviser at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Robert S. Strauss was a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a senior adviser at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget was housed at the New America Foundation, and is a paid for staff by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is a paid for staff by the Economic Policy Institute.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation, the Economic Policy Institute, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Andrew L. Stern is a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, was a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

John M. Keane is a director at the General Dynamics Corporation, a friend of David H. Petraeus, and was a senior adviser for KKR & Co. LP.

David H. Petraeus is a friend of John M. Keane, married to Hollister K. Petraeus, and the KKR Global Institute chairman for KKR & Co. LP.

Hollister K. Petraeus is married to David H. Petraeus, and helped establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a bureau for the Federal Reserve System.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York is a bank for the Federal Reserve System.

David M. Cote is a director at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a senior adviser for KKR & Co. LP, and a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

Jeb Hensarling is a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

Maxine Waters is a member of the House Financial Services Committee, and a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Xavier Becerra is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.  

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is a paid for staff by the Economic Policy Institute.

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a paid for staff by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and was housed at the New America Foundation.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Economic Policy Institute, the New America Foundation, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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David H. Petraeus is the KKR Global Institute chairman for KKR & Co. LP, a friend of John M. Keane, and married to Hollister K. Petraeus.

John M. Keane was a senior adviser for KKR & Co. LP, is a friend of David H. Petraeus, and a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

James S. Crown is a director at the General Dynamics Corporation,

a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

Hollister K. Petraeus is married to David H. Petraeus, and helped establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a bureau for the Federal Reserve System.

Elizabeth Warren oversaw the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.