U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, celebrated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's sixth birthday Friday by touting the its accomplishments and defending the agency against what she cast as opponents' efforts to weaken it.

The Massachusetts Democrat, who helped create the CFPB to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive and abuse practices, issued a video lauding the anniversary of what she called "the little agency that could."

Acknowledging opposition the CFPB has attracted, including in the run up to its creation, Warren further urged Americans to join her in fighting efforts to roll back its protections.

Contending that the CFPB has been dedicated to taking "tricks and traps out of financial products, like credit cards, and hold cheaters accountable," Warren noted that the agency has handled more than 1 million complaints in the last six years.

"That's pretty amazing," she said in the nearly three-minute-long video. "And it's still out there and it's writing rules to protect consumers."

Today is a special day. It’s the 6th birthday of the @CFPB – or, as I like to call it, the Little Agency That Could. pic.twitter.com/TplGMEGlpJ — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) July 21, 2017

Warren, for example, pointed to a recent rule the agency crafted that she said will allow Americans who are "cheated" by their banks on fees to join together and "get some accountability from the bank."

Despite the rule, she argued that banks want to continue with arbitration clauses.

Some Republicans in Congress are "right there to help them," the senator added, noting that GOP lawmakers have introduced legislation to roll back the CFPB protection.

"Now, we're going to be in that fight all the way, but that is the reminder: We've got an agency that's working hard, working hard for people who get cheated and saying 'That's not right,'" she said. "This agency proves to us what it is that government can do for the people."

It further shows how the CFPB "needs the people on its side to make sure it can keep doing its job," the senator contended.

"You've done great work. Happy Birthday, CFPB," she added.

We must have the @CFPB's back as Wall St's buddies in Congress try to roll back the rules. But today: we celebrate. Happy Birthday, @CFPB! — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) July 21, 2017

The CFPB was created after the 2008 financial crisis to ensure "consumer financial markets work for consumers, responsible providers and the economy as a whole."

It is tasked with rooting out unfair, deceptive or abusive practices through writing rules, supervising companies and enforcing laws; taking consumer complaints; enhancing financial education; and monitoring financial markets for new consumer risks, among other things.