WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis. (3rd CD), issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), Vice-Chair of the New Democrat Coalition, which led the way in calling for financial reform, today voted to protect consumers and hold Wall Street and big banks accountable through the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H.R. 4173, so that we never again come close to the near economic collapse faced last year. "Just over a year ago, we were held hostage by large  more