Ahead of the vote, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, ranking member of the banking committee, released Johnson’s responses to her Questions for the Record following his nomination hearing in July.

Former CFPB officials said reform efforts are necessary, but that they should stabilize the bureau and create continuity in its mission, even when there are changes in leadership.

The OIG found that stop-work orders resulted in CFPB personnel temporarily not performing work on enforcement and supervision, while workforce-reduction actions had limited impact on operations.

The OIG said the termination of contracts as part of cost-cutting efforts impacted the CFPB’s consumer complaint database, research, monitoring and regulations division and office of financial education.

Russell Vought is expected to remain at the bureau as a senior adviser following the conclusion of his tenure under terms set by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, wants to know whether Brian Johnson, CFPB director nominee and an executive at Capital One, had a role in the bureau’s decision last year to drop its lawsuit against the bank.

In addition to deleting press releases, testimonies and speeches published before February 2025, the CFPB removed a website translation tool that allowed users to access information in several non-English languages.

The bureau’s draft strategic plan for fiscal year 2026 through fiscal year 2030 included many of the same objectives the agency has already been promoting, such as debanking and deregulation.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, though raised concerns about efforts by CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought and the Trump administration to “sideline” the CFPB.

In recent court filings, the CFPB cited a memo from the Department of Justice that said the Federal Reserve currently lacks “combined earnings” from which the bureau can draw.