lisa rice is president of the national fair housing alliance.r is president and ceo of the national community reinvestment coalition. they are a leading organization of some 500 groups that work on community reinvestment, protection, and other housing issues. two things we have in common, we each have blood on our foreheads from our terms on the consumer advisory council, banging our heads against the wall at the federal reserve board trying to get them to take on more consumer and community work over the years. that is the way i remember it. secondly, all three of our organizations are founding and active members of the coalition of americans for financial reform. we have many members in this group. our financial security,org is the website. this is for taxpayers, homeowners, and consumers. there are many working against financial reform, the people who caused the system to fail are trying to preserve the system that failed. believe it or not, they are making headway on capitol hill. one reason for that is that they have 1500 lobbyists, accordi

lisa rice is vice president of the national fair housing alliance. previous to that she was a founder and ceo of the toledo at northern ohio development agency which was a community development financial institution that works on bringing affordable housing to neighborhoods. and john taylor, of course, is president and ceo of the national community reinvestment coalition, a leading organization of some 500 groups that works on community reinvestment act protection and other housing issues. two things we have in common, we each have blood on our fore heads from our terms on the consumer advisory council banging our heads against the wall at the federal reserve board trying to get the federal reserve to take on more consumer and community work over the years. at least that's the way i remember my term. i don't know if john or lisa remembered their terms the same way. secondly, all three of our organizations are founding and active members of the coalition americans for financial reform. all the nation's leading consumer housing, labor and civil rights

lisa rice is vice president of the national fair housing alliance and previous to that was a foundernd ceo of the toledo number zero negative the development agency which is a community development financial institution that works on bringing affordable housing to neighborhoods and john taylor of course is president and ceo of the national community reinvestment coalition, a leading organization of some 500 groups that works on community reinvestment act protection and other housing issues. two things we have in common, we each have blood on our foreheads from our terms of the consumer advisory council dinging our head against the wall at the federal reserve board trying to get the federal reserve to take on more consumer and community work over the years. at least that is the way i remember my term. i don't know if john or alisa remember there's the same way. second all three of our organizations are founding active members of the coalition americans for financial reform. all of the nation's leading consumer housing labor and civil rights and community groups or members of this grou