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Op-Ed: The Right Choice to Head Consumer Protection Bureau
September 7, 2010 – 3:31 pm

Jon Green, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Working Families Party, wrote an Op-Ed supporting Elizabeth Warren.  It was recently published in the Hartford Courant.  Click here to read the original letter.
I hope Sen. Christopher …

Des Moines Register Op-Ed: Banking bill protects American consumers
July 15, 2010 – 8:36 am

This op-ed by AFR Steering Committee Member Cathy Lesser Mansfield appeared in the Des Moines Register today in response to Senator Grassley’s announcement that he will not vote for financial reform.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley’s decision …

AFR Mentioned in Boston Globe Op-Ed: Countervailing Power
June 10, 2010 – 3:28 pm

Americans for Financial Reform was recently mentioned in a Boston Globe Op-Ed by Robert Kuttner.  The piece talks about the need for citizens to stand up to lobbyists and other corporate powerhouses, from big banks …

Sen. Tester: Senate bill would put referees on Wall Street
March 22, 2010 – 8:35 am

Opinion by Sen. Jon Tester
Published in the Billings Gazette
March 21, 2010
You’ve probably already seen the ads on TV or heard them on the radio. Out-of-state groups are shelling out millions to sway your opinion on …

South Bend Tribune: Loan Reform Needed
February 8, 2010 – 4:27 pm

A student at the University of Indiana published this op-ed in an Indiana paper supporting the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
High-cost, unregulated private student loans are just one example of why we need a strong Consumer …

Paul Volcker: How to Reform our Financial System
February 1, 2010 – 1:28 pm
Paul Volcker: How to Reform our Financial System

Paul Volcker, Chairman of the president’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board and former Federal Reserve Chairman, published this op-ed in the New York Times.  Here are excerpts:
The phrase “too big to fail” has entered into …