Major consumer groups have submitted comment today urging the Department of Defense to protect the men and women who serve the country by creating strong, new regulations implementing the Military Lending Act (MLA). The Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Action, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low income clients), and U.S. PIRG joined together to urge the Defense Department to strengthen the MLA rule.