Candidate Clinton Wants to Defend the CFPB. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a neck-and-neck race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the White House with independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, vowed recently to defend the CFPB. In a package of proposals dubbed “Breaking Every Barrier Agenda: Revitalizing the Economy in Communities Left Behind,” the candidate said she believes “we must never again allow borrowers to be taken advantage of in the rush for corporate profits.” Clinton also pointed out that prior to the financial crisis, she pledged to create a Financial Product Safety Commission, as a counterpart to the CFPB, to crack down on abusive and predatory lenders and to protect consumers. ...