Capital Formation Forums

For more than twenty-five years the American Council for Capital Formation and its public policy affiliate, the ACCF Center for Policy Research, have sponsored Capital Formation Forums to promote an informed dialogue between policymakers and business and association representatives on timely economic policy issues. Nearly 150 top policymakers from Congress and the Administration, opinion shapers from leading publications, Ambassadors to the U.S., and global economic leaders have spoken to ACCF and Center supporters and their guests. These informal sessions are held monthly when Congress is in session.

Recent speakers at ACCF Capital Formation Forums include the Honorable John Bruton, EU Ambassador to the United States; David S. Broder, national political correspondent and political columnist for the Washington Post; Michael Barone, senior writer, U.S. News and World Report; Senate Finance Committee Ranking Democratic Member Max Baucus; Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley; Senator Chuck Hagel; House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer; House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Democratic Member Charles B. Rangel; Treasury Secretary John B. Snow; and Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, First Vice President of the European Parliament.

From the Senate, ACCF supporters have heard from Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, the Ranking Democratic member of the Committee, Senator Max Baucus, and Harry Reid, the Democratic Leader of the Senate. From the House of Representatives, speakers have included Financial Services Committee Chairman Michael Oxley, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas and Ranking Democratic member Charles B. Rangel, among others. Ambassador Guenter Burghardt, Ambassador to the US from the EU in 2004, and Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vice President of the European Parliament, have presented their perspectives on the US/EU relationship at ACCF forums. David S. Broder, award-winning national political columnist reporting on the political scene for The Washington Post, is the kick-off speaker for the ACCF's 2006 Forums.