DOL Nominee Stands Up to Sen. Warren on Fiduciary Rule
March 22, 2017 by John Hilton
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., tried unsuccessfully to get Labor secretary nominee Alexander Acosta to take a position on the department’s controversial fiduciary rule today.
Warren pointedly asked whether Acosta would defy President Donald J. Trump’s Feb. 2 memorandum ordering the DOL to delay the fiduciary rule by 60 days.
“There is an executive action that directs how the secretary will approach this rule,” a noncommittal Acosta replied.
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Originally Posted at InsuranceNewsNet on March 22, 2017 by John Hilton.
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