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AFR Statement on Leaked Details of Volcker Rule
September 21, 2011 – 8:36 am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    
DATE: September 19, 2011
                                 
CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854
john@ourfinancialsecurity.org          
 
AFR Statement on Leaked Details of Volcker Rule

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and …

AFR Statement on Markup of FY12 Financial Services and General Gov’t Appropriations Bill
September 15, 2011 – 6:57 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: September 15, 2011           
CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854
john@ourfinancialsecurity.org        
  
AFR Statement on Markup of FY12 Financial Services and General Gov’t Appropriations Bill

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than …

AFR Statement on President’s Speech to Joint Session of Congress
September 8, 2011 – 7:51 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: September 8, 2011
CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854
john@ourfinancialsecurity.org          
 
AFR Statement on President’s Speech to Joint Session of Congress

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state …

AFR Statement on Cordray Nomination Hearing in Senate Banking Committee
September 6, 2011 – 4:47 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: September 6, 2011                                            
CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854
john@ourfinancialsecurity.org          
 
AFR Statement on Cordray Nomination Hearing in Senate Banking Committee

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and …

AFR in the News: Credit Ratings Agencies Still Remain Dangerously Flawed
September 5, 2011 – 8:00 am

Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) hosted a conference call with reporters and bloggers on Thursday, September 1, 2011 to discuss problems in the oversight of the major credit rating agencies and ways to achieve better ratings agency accountability under the Dodd Frank Act.

AFR Statement on House Passage of H.R. 1315
July 21, 2011 – 6:32 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   
July 21, 2011                                       
CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854
john@ourfinancialsecurity.org       
AFR Statement on House Passage of H.R. 1315

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and …