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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

the banks have certainly proven that they can't be expected to voluntarily reform themselves, and so legislative intervention really is sorely needed.

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Jim McGovern
@jimmcgovern· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

I am concerned that in the last 40 years this country has lost its grip on the free market component of capitalism.

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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

I will reclaim my time and look forward to that information if you can't provide it here in the committee hearing today.

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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

your apologies feel empty and insincere and sort of PR responses, because McKinsey was profiting off of the hurt and harm for years with zero remorse.

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Jim McGovern
@jimmcgovern· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

Fair and competitive markets should engender opportunities for many, and not just benefit a few at the top.

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Jim McGovern
@jimmcgovern· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

We need to make sure that we have the public's confidence that it is not true.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

We are definitely tied to the ability to get these ideas out into the market, creating jobs, and giving us an edge over other countries in the world.

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Seth Moulton
@sethmoulton· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

I voted against the Trump tax cut that provided millions for millionaires at the expense of our national security and ballooned the deficit to epic proportions.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

So do you agree that there is a need to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund so that minority-and women-owned restaurants who got pushed to the back of the line have the support they need?

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

Congressman Auchincloss, first and foremost, apprentices do not pay tuition for their world-class training.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

The problem is one of power, and concentrated power. It’s about one person making all of the decisions about how tens of millions of people will have an opportunity to communicate with each other.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

We need rules of the road, and look, there are going to be rules. Like I said, the only question is, will Elon Musk decide all the rules by himself in a darkroom or is it going to be the case that we’re going to decide this as a country?

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

Elon Musk, you made a bazillion dollars. Good for you. The rest of us invested in all the things that were necessary to have a foundation so that you could do that.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

Are we going to make these decisions as a democracy, or is this going to be Elon Musk all by himself off in a room, a bazillionaire who just plays by his own set of rules? That’s really what’s at stake here.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

Canceled $50,000 of student loan debt. That’s step one, then we need to deal with how we’re going to pay for college going forward for the rest of our kids.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

Are we going to invest in people who are trying to get an education or not?

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Apr 26, 2022

Yes, and on the Small Business Innovation Research program, of which Massachusetts has received tens of thousands of these grants and created hundreds and hundreds of thousands of jobs in our tech community, I am very worried that we are…

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