Senator Warner, who serves on the Banking Committee and was a leading architect of significant parts of the Wall Street reform legislation, issued the following statement after tonight's bipartisan 59-to-39 vote to adopt the legislation:

"Tonight we took another important step to update the rules of the road for Wall Street, enforcing more transparency and establishing greater accountability, ending taxpayer bailouts and strengthening protections for consumers.

"The process was not always pretty, but the final product reflects 15 months of painstaking work to incorporate many bipartisan ideas and floor amendments.

"This legislation will help ensure stability and predictability in our financial markets, and it reasserts our nation's leadership in the global economy."