This is a standard play out of the private equity book.

So they take $400 million out while they are laying off people, shortchanging you on supplies.

Private equity executives make off with massive short-term gains and they leave workers, consumers, communities, and ordinary investors with pretty much nothing to show for it.

If private equity has skin in the game, maybe they will think twice about their actions.

It's long past time to reform this industry and end their most destructive practices.

The Stop Wall Street Looting Act will finally close regulatory loopholes and change the rules that have only served the billionaire class while wreaking havoc in our communities.

So this private equity company takes over this successful, profitable, I think you said 58-year-old company, saying they were going to make it more profitable.

private equity has worked out a business model that helps them get rich at the expense of workers

One of the things that we often hear about from the private equity industry is that it is not in their interest to drive companies into bankruptcy.

It's bad for seniors and their families when private equity firms buy up nursing homes and other health care providers.

Private equity does not belong in health care.

My Stop Wall Street Looting Act would require private equity funds to clearly disclose their fees and returns.

But this is cannibalism. It is not capitalism.

I appreciate the academic perspective that is going on, and I very much appreciate the Treasurer joining us and telling us what it is like as an investor.

America faces a retirement crisis, but the solution is not to squeeze employees more or to cut retail jobs and wages.

It's time to fact-check those claims.

It's bad for communities when private equity firms buy up thousands of manufactured homes or the land they sit on.

It is bad for students when private equity firms buy up for-profit colleges.