CASSIDY, RICKETTS, REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO STOP POLITICALLY MOTIVATED DEBANKING

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today joined U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Republican colleagues in urging the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to combat politically motivated "debanking" in line with President Trump's recent Executive Order (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/guaranteeing-fair-banking-for-all-americans/). The senators called on the OCC to ensure access to financial services is based on objective, individualized, risk-based standards and not political discrimination. In recent years, conservative, religious, and other lawful organizations have reported being denied or stripped of banking serv...