Press Conference With Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, Leading Citizen Advocates To Address Enron/Arthur Anderson Scandal

1/21/2002

From: Theresa Amato or Katie Selenski, 202-265-6164, both of Citizen Works

News Advisory:

What: Press conference with consumer advocate Ralph Nader and leading citizen advocates to address the Enron/Arthur Anderson scandal and release a reform agenda including proposals for the accounting industry, pension plans, lending and investment banking, energy policy, campaign financing, and securities regulation.

When: TODAY, Monday, Jan. 21, 12 noon

Where: 1616 P Street N.W., 7th Floor, Conference Room

Who: Citizen advocates including:

-- Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, founder, Citizen Works

-- Dr. Ralph Estes, professor emeritus of accounting, American University (and as a CPA served as senior auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co.), on reforms for the accounting industry

-- Karen Friedman, director of policy strategies, Pension Rights Center, on the harm to workers and proposed pension reforms

-- Carl J. Mayer, an attorney specializing in securities law, former Hofstra University law professor of corporations, corporate finance, and securities law, and author of articles on sanctions for corporate misconduct and accountants under the federal securities laws, on securities litigation reform

-- Katie Fitzgerald, president, DC-ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, on energy policy reforms

-- Tyson Slocum, research director, Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy & Environment Program, author of "Blind Faith: How Deregulation and Enron's Influence Over Government Looted Billions form Americans", on energy policy reforms

For more information, contact Theresa Amato or Katie Selenski, at Citizen Works: 202-265-6164