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AARP Statement on Senate Vote to Invoke Cloture on Financial Reform Bill

from: Press Center | May 20, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 20, 2010

Contact:

AARP Media Relations, media@aarp.org

AARP Statement on Senate Vote to Invoke Cloture on Financial Reform Bill

WASHINGTON – AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond issued the following statement in response to today’s successful Senate vote to invoke cloture on financial regulatory reform:

“AARP is encouraged that the Senate has brought us one step closer to finishing a bill that will help millions of American consumers who have been negatively impacted by a broken financial system. The time is now to restore their faith that the financial industry should work for them, not against their interests.

“Older Americans of all political backgrounds and walks of life have waited too long for Congress to change an outdated financial system that made so many vulnerable at critical times in their lives. AARP urges the Senate to move for final passage of this important bill as soon as possible.”

For more information about AARP’s financial reform surveys visit:

http://www.aarp.org/research/surveys/money/consumers/fraud/articles/finprotect_10.html.

About AARP

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or candidates. We produce AARP The Magazine, the definitive voice for 50+ Americans and the world's largest-circulation magazine with over 35.7 million readers; AARP Bulletin, the go-to news source for AARP's millions of members and Americans 50+; AARP VIVA, the only bilingual U.S. publication dedicated exclusively to the 50+ Hispanic community; and our website, AARP.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.