July 29, 2010 Dear President Obama: On behalf of the Main Street Alliance, a national network of small business coalitions, we write to extend our support for the candidacy of Dr. Elizabeth Warren to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by the recently enacted financial reform legislation. As small business owners, we have a
Jeff Sovern, a professor at St. John’s University School of Law and co-coordinator of the Consumer Law and Policy Blog, argues in favor of Elizabeth Warren to lead the CFPB. Click here to read his full article in The Hill. But the president should not nominate someone who reflexively opposes banks without considering whether particular
The SEIU has asked President Obama to nominate Elizabeth Warren to run the CFPB. Click here to read their full letter. They say: Warren has spent her entire career fighting for the interests of working families and supporting policies to help rebuild our middle class. In fact, Warren even came up with the concept of
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
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
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