Comment Letters & Issues
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COMMENT LETTER, UTAH INITIATED (Signers include 21 state officials, May 15, 2023):
State Leaders ask Asset Managers for Clarification on how ESG Impacts Shareholder Proposals
COMMENT LETTER, UTAH INITIATED (Signers include 22 state officials, May 15, 2023):
State Leaders ask Proxy Advisory Firms for Clarification on how ESG Impacts Proxy Votes
SFOF LETTER TO MORNINGSTAR (Signers include 18 state officials, August 25, 2022):
SFOF State Leaders Raise Concern that Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Sustainalytics, Negatively Rates Firms Connected to Israel
KENTUCKY LETTER TO S & P GLOBAL RATINGS (Signers include state officials, June 29, 2022):
Kentucky Officials Object to S&P’s Use of ESG Criteria in State Credit Ratings
SFOF COMMENT LETTER (23 signers, June 17, 2022):
Securities and Exchange Commission – The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (File Number S7-10-22)
VIDEO – Idaho ESG Public Education Forum (June 11, 2022):
(Hosted by Idaho Treasurer Julie Ellsworth, featuring U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, with multiple panelists)
COMMENT LETTER, UTAH INITIATED, (18 signers, June 3, 2022):
FDIC – Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions (RIN 3064–ZA32)
COMMENT LETTER, UTAH INITIATED, (Multiple signers, 23 states represented, May 16, 2022):
Dept. of Labor – Request for Information on Possible Agency Actions to Protect Life Savings and Pensions from Threats of Climate Related Financial Risk Z–RIN 1210–ZA30
IDAHO LETTER TO S & P GLOBAL RATINGS (Signers include federal and state officials, May 18, 2022):
Idaho Officials Object to S&P’s Use of ESG Criteria in State Credit Ratings
UTAH LETTER TO S & P GLOBAL RATINGS (Signers include federal and state officials, April 21, 2022):
Utah Officials Object to S&P’s Use of ESG Criteria in State Credit Ratings
SFOF LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN (23 states represented, 27 signers, April 5, 2022):
Declaration of Americas Energy Independence
COMMENT LETTER, UTAH INITIATED (24 states represented, March 8, 2022):
MSRB –Â Request for Information on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practices in the Municipal Securities Market (2021-17)
COMMENT LETTER, UTAH INITIATED (23 states represented, February 14, 2022):
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency – Risk Management: Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks, Docket ID OCC-2021-0023, OCC Bulletin 2021-62 (December 16, 2021)
SFOF LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN (21 states represented, 25 signers, January 31, 2022):
Opposition to Nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin for Federal Reserve Bank
COMMENT LETTER, UTAH INITIATED (23 states represented, December 13, 2021):
Dept. of Labor – Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights (EBSA-2021-0013-0001) (RIN 1210-AC03)
LETTER, WEST VIRGINIA INITIATED, TO U.S. BANKS (16 signers, November 22, 2021):
Encouragement to Continue to do Business with American Energy
SFOF LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN (18 states represented, 22 signers, November 12, 2021):
Opposition to Nominee Saule Omarova to U.S. Comptroller of the Currency
SFOF LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN & TREASURY SEC YELLEN (20 states represented, 24 signers, September 20, 2021):
Opposition to U.S. Treasury Dept’s proposal to have the IRS monitor $600 transactions in bank accounts.
LETTER, WEST VIRGINIA INITIATED, TO JOHN KERRY, SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE (15 signers, May 25, 2021):
Letter to John Kerry regarding fossil fuel lending
Mortgage Rule
COMMENT LETTER, PENNSYLVANIA INITIATED (Signers include 34 state officials, May 1, 2023):
President Joseph Biden & Federal Housing Financial Authority Director Sandra Thompson – Expressing Concern & Calling for an End to the New Mortgage Rule
Debt Ceiling
COMMENT LETTER (Signers include 22 state officials, May 31, 2023):
U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen – Request for clarification on the Treasury’s Plans in the Event of Debt Ceiling Negotiations Exceeding Beyond the June 5 Deadline