The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created in the devastating wake of the 2008 financial crisis, is an independent agency that enforces consumer protection laws and protects people from financial companies engaged in unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices. Since its creation, the CFPB has already obtained over $21 billion in relief for over 205 million people from companies that cheated and violated the law—including more than $5 billion in relief for Americans with…