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Press Releases

Consumer Federation of America Applauds President Obama’s Signing of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill Into Law, 07/21/10. (PDF)

Consumer Federation of America Applauds Senate Vote on the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill, 07/15/10. (PDF)

Consumer Federation of America Applauds House Passage of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill, 6/30/10. (PDF)

Consumer Federation Hails Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Passed by the Conference Committee as a Major Achievement, 06/25/10. (PDF)

Consumer Federation Hails Senate Passage of Historic Financial Reform Legislation, 5/20/10. (PDF)

Anti-investor Collins Amendment Gives Fiduciary Pass Where it is Needed Most, 5/13/10. (PDF)

Consumers' Guide to Senate Banking Markup, 3/22/10. (PDF)

CFA Applauds Senator Dodd For Moving Forward on Financial Reforms, Calls for Improvements to Protect Consumers and Investors, 3/15/10. (PDF)

CFA Hails House Passage of H.R. 4173, "The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," 12/11/09. (PDF)

CFA Urges the House of Representatives to Strengthen and Pass Financial Regulatory Reform, 12/8/09. (PDF)

CFA Survey: Americans Want Consumer Agency for Financial Products and Services, 09/09/09. (PDF)

Statement of CFA Director of Investor Protection Barbara Roper in Response to SEC Roadmap to Move to International Accounting Standards, 08/27/08. (PDF)

Consumer Groups Charge Audit Firm with Undermining Key Auditor Independence Reform, Urge SEC to Investigate, 06/11/03. (Read More)

CFA Analysis of SEC Implementation of Audit Reforms, 01/29/03. (PDF)

Public Interest Groups Call on SEC to Create Audit Board that Represents Investors And The Public, Not Accountants, 08/09/02. (PDF)

While Markets Plunge, Special Interest Groups Seek to Weaken Corporate Reform Legislation in Closed-Door Negotiations, 07/22/02. (Read More)

Landmark Corporate Reform Bill Heads Toward Passage in Senate, 07/15/02. (Read More)

Testimony and Comments

CFA Urges Congress to Pass the Dodd-Frank Conference Report Immediately, House Version, 06/28/10. (PDF)

CFA Urges Congress to Pass the Dodd-Frank Conference Report Immediately, Senate Version, 06/28/10. (PDF)

Coalition Calls on Congress to Reject Equity-Indexed Annuities Preemption Amendment, 06/14/10. (PDF)

CFA Outlines Investor Protection Title Priorities for Congressional Conference Committee, 06/14/10. (PDF)

CFA and Americans for Financial Reform's letter to Senator Lincoln on swaps dealers, 06/08/10. (PDF)

Letter to the House on Consumer Priorities in Financial Regulatory Reform Conference, 06/08/10. (PDF)

Letter to the Senate on Consumer Priorities in Financial Regulatory Reform Conference, 06/08/10. (PDF)

CFA Guide to Amendments to Restoring American Financial Stability Act (S.3217), 5/12/10. (PDF)

Akaka-Menendez Amendment Protects Investors and Commission-based Business Model, 5/10/10. (PDF)

CFA and AFR Urge Senators to Reject New Language to the Restoring America's Financial Stability Act that Would Require the SEC to Study Overlaps Between Brokers and Investment Advisors, 2/16/10. (PDF)

Groups Express Strong Support for Senior Citizen Investor Protections in Restoring American Financial Stability Act, 2/3/10. (PDF)

Investor Protection Attacked in Amendments to H.R. 3817, 11/03/09. (PDF)

CFA Opposes Sox 404 Amendment, 11/3/09. (PDF)

CFA Opposes Advisory Committee Recommendations to Weaken Financial Reporting Requirements, 04/14/08. (PDF)

CFA Urges PCAOB to Withdraw Full Reliance Proposal, 03/04/08. (PDF)

Letter to SEC Chairman Cox Criticizing Complexity Committee Recommendations, 01/16/08. (PDF)

CFA Letter to SEC Challenging Lack of Attention to Investor Concerns in SOX 404 Meeting, 04/04/07. (PDF)

Consumer Group Letter to SEC Opposing Proposed Guidance on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, 02/27/07. (PDF)

Consumer Group Letter to PCAOB Opposing Rewrite of Internal Control Audit Standard, 02/26/07. (PDF)

Consumer Group Letter to SEC Charging Ernst & Young with Undermining Key Auditor Indepence Reform, 06/11/03. (PDF)

Consumer Groups Urge SEC to Investigate Preapproval Processes for Non-audit Services, 06/05/03. (PDF)

Strengthening the Commission's Requirements Regarding Auditor Independence, 01/13/03. (PDF)

Consumer Groups Call on Audit Reform Conferees to Reject Special Interest Amendments, 07/22/02. (PDF)