Brad Miller

November 7, 2009 -- [Washington, D.C.] – "I intend to vote yes on the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962, when it comes to the House floor for consideration.

Millions of Americans live without the security of health care that they can rely on and that can never be taken away. Families shouldn’t have to make a choice between putting food on the table or having health care when they are sick. Insurance companies continue to raise premiums while cutting benefits, cancel policies for those who get sick and need care the most and deny coverage for anything they want to call a pre-existing condition.    » read more »

October 15, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Brad Miller (NC-D) and Rep. Dennis Moore (KS-D) filed an amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) bill today designed to generate broader support among Democrats for the financial regulation reform bill proposed to crackdown on lending practices that led to the current economic crisis.

The amendment allows banks with less than $10 billion in assets and credit unions with less than $1.5 billion in assets to be exempt from examination by a new CFPA agency in addition to federal bank regulators. The CFPA would remain the primary examiner for consumer protection rules for 150 banks with more than $10 billion in assets.    » read more »