President Obama praises Dodd, pushes for regulatory reform

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23511627.htm

President Barack Obama urged the financial industry on Friday to "join us, don't fight us" in backing regulatory reform while raising money for one of the reform's main architects, Senator Chris Dodd.

Dodd, a five-term Democratic senator fighting an uphill battle for re-election in Connecticut, is the chair of the Senate Banking Committee, which is overseeing a major overhaul of financial regulation.

"I want to stress the urgency of this reform," Obama told a fund-raising dinner for Dodd, praising him for fighting to establish a financial watchdog agency for consumers.

Noting that the country came very close to another Great Depression as a result of the financial crisis, Obama repeated his call for reform to prevent similar turmoil in the future.


President Visits Connecticut for Campaign Fundraiser for Dodd
http://www.wtic.com/President-Visits-Connecticut-for-Campaign-Fundrais/5511386

videos
Obama, Dodd visit Stamford company
http://www.connpost.com/ci_13627108

Obama in Conn. to support Dodd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXI7SlV1ekg&feature=player_embedded

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