Some Good, Some Bad in Obama Executive Order on Protecting Antibiotics
Today, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order – Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria. While the order takes several important steps necessary to control the spread of antibiotic-resistant...
View ArticleU.S. PIRG Commends Defense Department for Protecting Military Families from...
Today, we applaud the Department of Defense for its proposal to expand the protections of the 2007 Military Lending Act against predatory financial practices aimed at servicemembers and veterans and...
View ArticleFCC NET NEUTRALITY ORDER PROTECTS THE OPEN INTERNET
Today the FCC took not one but two critical actions to make sure that the Internet works for everybody. First, it issued a "Net Neutrality" order guaranteeing a free and open Internet. This Internet...
View ArticlePIRG Commends Release of Labor Dept.'s Proposed Rule To End Conflicted...
PIRG today commended the public release of the Department of Labor’s proposed rule that would strengthen the ability for Americans to save for retirement by addressing conflicts of interest that arise...
View ArticlePIRG Commends Supporters of Duckworth Amendment to Protect Our Troops From...
Last night, on a 32-30 bipartisan vote, the House Armed Services Committee supported the Tammy Duckworth (IL) amendment to strike language from the National Defense Authorization Act that would have...
View ArticleWe Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database
Yesterday, the CFPB published the first batch (7,700) of consumer narratives or stories to the Public Consumer Complaint Database it began in 2011. We've used the database to publish five reports (so...
View ArticleTop 10 List: How the CFPB Works for Consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns 4 on July 21st. To celebrate and increase public awareness of the agency, U.S. PIRG Education Fund released a new webpage, “Meet the CFPB: Just Ten...
View ArticleOver 7,000 Comments Submitted to Department of Labor
Every year, over $17 billion is lost from retirement savings to fees and charges, according to the Council of Economic Advisors. Today, we submitted over 7,000 PIRG member comments urging the U.S....
View ArticlePIRGs, Others Ask CFPB & FTC To Investigate Experian/T-Mobile Data Breach
In a letter sent today, a number of state PIRGs and other leading privacy and consumer groups urged the CFPB and FTC to fully investigate the recent breach of an Experian subsidary that exposed 15...
View ArticleTexPIRG Recommends Staying Away From Paid Monitoring Services as FTC...
Credit monitoring and other services that are usually offered to data breach victims and other concerned consumers do nothing to prevent identity theft; they only detect certain types of fraud after it...
View ArticleMedical Professionals Call for Action to Save Antibiotics
Nearly six hundred medical and health care professionals from across the nation are calling on major restaurant chains to set strong antibiotics policies that protect public health.
View Article30th Annual Survey Finds Dangerous Toys on Store Shelves
Dangerous or toxic toys can still be found on America’s store shelves, according to TexPIRG (Public Interest Research Group) Education Fund’s 30th annual Trouble in Toyland report. The survey of...
View ArticleWe Launch “Make VW Pay Campaign” Over EPA Cheating Scandal
Today we launched a “Make VW Pay Campaign” as VW's CEO resigned over the scandal surrounding its "defeat device" scheme (and subsequent cover-up) to trick EPA pollution monitoring computers in nearly...
View ArticleVolkswagen’s $1000 Gift Cards Fall Short
Statement by Mike Litt, National Consumer Advocate with U.S. PIRG, on Volkswagen’s offer of $1,000 in gift cards to customers affected by its emission scandal.
View ArticleTexPIRG Commends Congressman Doggett for Protecting Texas consumers from...
The high cost of prescription drugs has been a perennial concern for Texas consumers. Rising prescription drug costs burden all Texans through rising health insurance premiums, rising costs for...
View ArticleTexPIRG Commends Congressman Doggett for Protecting Texas consumers from...
The high cost of prescription drugs has been a perennial concern for Texas consumers. Rising prescription drug costs burden all Texans through rising health insurance premiums, rising costs for...
View ArticleTexPIRG Commends Congressman Doggett for Protecting Texas consumers from...
The high cost of prescription drugs has been a perennial concern for Texas consumers. Rising prescription drug costs burden all Texans through rising health insurance premiums, rising costs for...
View ArticleMore Than 100 Groups Insist on No Riders in Spending Legislation
The day before the White House is expected to release its fiscal year 2017 budget proposal, a coalition of more than 100 groups, including U.S. PIRG, sent a letter calling on President Barack Obama and...
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