Category Archives: CFPA Letters and Statements

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Why Small Business Supports Wall Street Reform

STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA SMALL BUSINESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1717 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC 29201 www.scsbc.org Statement of Frank Knapp, Jr., president and CEO, The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. April 21, 2010.  Press conference with Senators Richard Durbin, Jack Reed and

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AFR: Big Banks Get Big ROI; Republicans Hand Wall Street Another Victory

AFR: Big Banks Get Big ROI; Republicans Hand Wall Street Another Victory Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement this afternoon after the Republicans in the Senate continued to deny the American public a debate and up-or-down vote on financial reform

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AFR Analysis of the GOP Alternative to S. 3217

To: Interested Parties From: Americans for Financial Reform Re: GOP Alternative to S. 3217 Date: April 28, 2010 For nearly a year, both parties in Congress have been debating the direction of financial reform. Ever since the bill moved to the final stages of Senate

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AFR to the Senate: Strengthen and Support the Reform Bill

April 23, 2010 Dear Senator Reid: As members of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 consumer, labor, investor, community, civil rights and business groups, we write to you today to convey our support for strong financial reform legislation that will prevent

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AFR: We Applaud The President’s Speech; Now It Is Time For Congress To Act

Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups, released the following statement on the President’s speech today in New York: Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “We thank the President for the message he sent