The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has started a number of investigations against companies under acting director Mick Mulvaney, a bureau official said Tuesday, news that could allay Democratic fears that the conservative Republican has stopped policing markets.

“We’ve not changed any of the policies on supervision, enforcement, sue/settle, lawsuits,” Mulvaney told reporters Tuesday at the agency.

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