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News Category: Press Releases & Statements

Ann Brown in Politico: Elizabeth Warren’s Experience

Former Consumer Product Safety Commission head Ann Brown debunked claims that Elizabeth Warren lacks the “administrative experience” to run the new CFPB in a recent Politico article.  Click here to read the full article. Warren has a top-rate intellect and, expertise in consumer credit products and bankruptcy laws. She is widely perceived as someone with

Recess Coalition Events

AFR Recess Coalition Events We expect to invite the media to all events unless specified. Arkansas On-Air Thank you to Senators: During radio show on Tuesday, July 20th. Public Education Briefing: Date TBD. Organizing as a Thank You event while educating the public on the bill. Connecticut Spank for. Linda McMahon, July 15th: Organized a

American Sustainable Business Council to the President: Nominate Professor Warren

The American Sustainable Business Council, representing more than 50,000 businesses across the country, sent this letter to the President to ask him to nominate Elizabeth Warren to lead the CFPB. July 20, 2010 Dear President Obama, We strongly urge you to appoint Dr. Elizabeth Warren as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As

Editorial: Charles Fried says Obama Should Give Warren a Recess Appointment

The conservative economist Charles Fried has come out in support of Elizabeth Warren with an Editorial in the Boston Globe.  Click here to read the full article. Warren is smart, determined, and committed to the cause of honest financial services. The president should give her a recess appointment, as Representative Barney Frank has suggested. That

GOP Appointees to Oversight Panel Praise Elizabeth Warren’s Work

The Washington Post reported that while not outright supporting Warren’s nomination, GOP appointees who have worked with Professor Elizabeth Warren on the Congressional Oversight Panel praise her work.  Click here to read the full article. The two Republican appointees to the Congressional Oversight Panel, the group chaired by Warren that oversees the government’s $700 billion

AFL-CIO President Supports Elizabeth Warren

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Elizabeth Warren to Head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau July 20, 2010 AFL-CIO applauds the passage of the Wall Street Accountability Act and looks forward to the creation of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – which has the potential to be a powerful and independent voice for consumers.