Mosca at Capitol Hill

Barbara Mosca, a Long Beach financial advisor for the financial-services firm Edward Jones, recently met with legislators in Washington, D.C., to seek legislation to increase savings and enhance retirement security. This is the 26th year for this effort – making it one of the longest-running nationwide grassroots outreach efforts to Congress.

One of 57 financial advisors chosen from among the firm’s nearly 12,000 who traveled to our nation’s capital to lobby on behalf of individual investors, Mosca does this as a member of the firm’s Grassroots Task Force, a group dedicated to voicing the investment concerns of individual investors to local, state and national lawmakers.While meeting with legislators, Mosca discussed how the Edward Jones Grassroots Task Force supports tax incentives that encourage people to rebuild and retain their retirement accounts, which have been diminished in the current recession. "We appreciate the opportunity to communicate the concerns of individual investors, especially those here in Long Beach, and make sure they are heard on Capitol Hill," Mosca said.

and Jim Weddle, managing partner.