Professor Elizabeth Warren was on Fox Business yesterday to talk about financial reform and the need for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency that covers all lenders, including auto dealers. You can watch the video here or below. Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com
June 16, 2010 To Members of the H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 Conference Committee Washington, DC 20510 Re: Support Statutory Guidelines on Bank Debt and Capital Dear Conferee: The over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) urge
June 15, 2010 Chairman Christopher Dodd Chairman Barney Frank Dear Conferee: As you proceed with these final stages of writing the financial regulatory reform bill we ask you to work for and support a conference report which includes the strongest elements of the legislation developed in each chamber. Deregulation was a fundamental cause of the
June 15, 2010 Chairman Christopher Dodd Chairman Barney Frank Americans for Financial Reform supports strong investor protections in the final conference report on H.R. 4173 Dear Conferee, On behalf of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), an unprecedented coalition of more than 250 national, state and local groups that have come together to reform the financial
June 15, 2010 Chairman Christopher Dodd Chairman Barney Frank Protect Investors from Accounting Fraud: Oppose Exemptions to Sarbanes-Oxley Dear Conferee, As the Conference Committee prepares to begin deliberations on the investor protection title of the financial regulatory reform bill, we write on behalf of Consumer Federation of America and Americans for Financial Reform to express
As the Conference Committee continues to meet to prepare a final financial reform bill, Americans for Financial Reform has outlined these points as their top priorities: Establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that is independent, has broad enforcement authority, and the necessary funding to protect consumers. There should be no carve-outs or exceptions for car