Missouri Attorney General Meets With President Obama (Press Release)

Jefferson City, Mo. - Attorney General Chris Koster and a bipartisan group of Attorneys General from other states this morning met with President Obama in the West Wing of the White House to discuss a number of issues, including ways to better protect consumers from financial fraud. Koster said the Attorneys General met with the President for about 30 minutes, where they discussed the White House's legislative proposal to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Koster previously joined a number of other Attorneys General to encourage Congress to pass legislation creating this new protection agency. "This national fiscal crisis has pointed out the need for increasing protections for consumers," Koster said. "The White House has put forward strong legislation to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. I have been supportive of this legislation because it protects Missouri consumers and gives the Missouri Attorney General's office better powers to enforce increased state and federal protections." Koster said the President and the Attorneys General also discussed mortgage foreclosure prevention and financial regulatory reform issues. Recent AGO News Attorney General Koster, other state AGs, meet with President Obama Attorney General Koster to investigate alleged undocumented workers in Farmington McDonald County jury commits man as Sexually Violent Predator Attorney General Koster sues Camden County developer for clean water violations Jury commits St. Louis man as Sexually Violent Predator Attorney General Koster seeks execution dates for neo-Nazi mass-murderer, Good Samaritan-killer Attorney General Koster says Missouri is part of national Clean Air Act enforcement Attorney General Koster says Missouri part of Clean Air Act lawsuit agreement U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ranks Missouri Medicaid Fraud Unit number one in nation for 2008 Attorney General Koster announces dramatic increase in workers' comp fraud collections in 2009 Nursing home corporation pleads guilty to felony Medicaid fraud Attorney General Koster announces antitrust settlement with pharmaceutical companies