In the past, such subpoenas would have had to be approved by the committee.

In this latest skirmish, the GOP staff charges that Cordray has failed to produce records dealing with the agency's final rule that guarantees consumers the right to file class action lawsuits against financial institutions.

The report states that the agency has failed to produce records concerning CFPB's communications with several groups concerning the arbitration rule. Those groups are the American Association for Justice; the National Consumer Law Center; the National Association of Consumer Advocates; the Alliance for Justice; and Public Justice.

The agency also failed to send the committee all communications between CFPB employees concerning the arbitration rule, the GOP staff. The committee has requested those records as well.

The report also states that Hensarling has authorized ten subpoenas to current and former CFPB employees concerning obstruction of the committee's investigations.

The committee had requested that the bureau would not issue a final arbitration rule until the records were produced and committee staff had the chance to review them.

The agency issued the rule last month.

The House has passed a resolution nullifying the arbitration rule. The Senate may consider it when it returns in September.

CFPB spokesperson Jennifer Howard said the agency is “working diligently” with the Financial Services Committee on several oversight issues.

“On this particular matter, we have produced thousands of pages of documents thus far, and by next week we will have completely responded to one of the [categories of records] at issue,” she said. “We will continue our efforts to understand how we can respond to the Committee in a satisfactory manner.”