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.