Ed has served on the boards of Americans for Financial Reform, Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Reports, Flyers Rights, and the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue, an international forum he co-founded with U.S. and European consumer advocates.
This legislation is endorsed by the National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients), American for Financial Reform, and the Consumer Federation of America.
The signatories include financial reform groups Americans for Financial Reform and Better Markets; consumer advocacy groups Public Citizen, the Center for Economic Justice, and the National Consumers League; advocacy groups Accountable.US, Demand Progress, Democracy for America, Our Revolution, and many local Indivisible groups; environmental groups Greenpeace, the Climate and Community Institute, and a long list of regional, state, and local environmental groups; and labor unions AFT and the Communications Workers of America.
Nearly 200 groups have signed a letter expressing concern about the Senate’s version of the crypto market structure bill. The signatories include Better Markets, Public Citizen, Americans for Financial Reform, and the Communications Workers of America.
Consumer advocated, financial-reform organizations, and several major unions are voicing strong opposition to the Senate’s emerging legislation aimed at regulating the U.S. cryptocurrency market. Nearly 200 groups — including Better Markets, Public Citizen Americans for Financial Reform, and the Communications Workers of America — signed a letter warning that the current proposal fails to protect crypto consumers from widespread fraud and industry abuses.
“What you’re removing is the smoke alarm for the entire financial system,” said Oscar Valdés Viera, private equity and capital markets policy analyst at Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition consisting of over 250 national and local groups.