At issue is whether Section 1502 of the Dodd­‐Frank Act of 2009 has hurt or helped people in the target country – the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Advocates pushing for the provision called attention to what they saw as the complicity of the American consumer and their ‚blood cell phones‘ in Congo’s ongoing conflict. Critics claim the law has drained the country of much needed investment, throwing millions of Congolese further into poverty.