logo Standing Up To Powerful Interests
IssuesStaffNewsReportsHow You Can HelpResultsAbout U.S. PIRGUS PIRG Consumer BlogDonateU.S. PIRG Education FundJobs

Consumer Blog

Read Ed Mierzwinski's blog.
 

Please Install Flash Player.

Tell Congress to Make Food Safer
The Food Safety Modernization Act will give FDA the authority to keep dangerous food off store shelves and off our dinner tables. Tell your senators we can’t wait any longer for food safety reform.

Kids Need Safe Food In Schools
If it isn’t good enough for fast food, it’s not good enough for school food. Send a message to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack: We want safe food in school cafeterias.

 

PIRG Highlights

From The Newsroom

President Signs Historic Wall Street Reform Bill

On July 21, U.S. PIRG staff were  invited guests to watch President Obama sign the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was passed after a year-long campaign we helped lead. Go to our new "Wall Street Reform: What's In It for You?" page for more information.

The bill reins in Wall Street and protects consumers, investors, and taxpayers from further financial meltdowns.

The landmark bill includes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is the biggest consumer protection reform since the creation of deposit insurance after the 1929 crash.

Above, U.S. PIRG's Ed Mierzwinski, far left, and Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), listen to Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) speaking at a victory rally on July 15.

See what the reform will mean for you.

U.S. PIRG Finds Another Trillion in Savings

U.S. PIRG's Nicole Tichon found another $1 trillion in savings and new revenues that can help reduce the federal deficit. 

In The Next Trillion: Fiscal Responsibility Through More Accountability, U.S. PIRG lays out ways the government and taxpayers can save money by eliminating waste or inefficiency in health care and contracting, ending subsidies and tax loopholes and by holding Wall Street banks accountable.

“It’s just common sense to look at waste. The government has to be a better steward of taxpayer dollars regardless of its fiscal status,” Tichon said.

Read The Next Trillion

Check out The First Trillion, a report listing a first $1 trillion in savings, released this spring

 

SEARCH THIS SITE

STATE PIRG WEB SITES
U.S. PIRG: The Federation of State PIRGs • 44 Winter Street, 4th Fl. • Boston, MA 02108
Federal Advocacy Office: 218 D Street SE, 1st Fl. • Washington, DC 20003