[Washington, D.C.] – Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) attended the President’s signing ceremony for the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, HR 4173, today at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

Miller Writes Key Protections For Americans

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval today to the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to put in place common-sense rules to make sure the practices that brought about the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression never happen again; to make it more difficult for Wall Street to gamble with our money and then ask taxpayers to bail them out; and for the first time, create a new consumer protection agency whose only mission will be to serve as a watchdog to protect people from future abuses.

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Rep. Brad Miller (NC13) cosponsored The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, H.R. 5116, that will strengthen U.S. scientific and economic leadership, support employers, and create jobs through investments in science, innovation, and education. The bill is expected to pass in the House today.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Brad Miller (NC-13) traveled this week to Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan as part of a House Foreign Affairs Committee trip to review security and reconstruction efforts underway.

The bipartisan delegation met with General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other U.S. and allied leaders, as well as American troops who are working to help the Afghan people rebuild their nation after years of Taliban control.

Washington, D.C. - House Financial Services Committee Members Reps. Brad Miller (D-NC), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), and Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) today introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that would for the first time ever impose size and leverage limits on extremely large banks and other financial institutions. “The Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Efficient Banking Act of 2010”, H.R. 5159, is identical to legislation sponsored last week in the Senate by Sens. Ted Kaufman, Sherrod Brown, Bill Casey, and Sheldon Whitehouse.