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On the recordApril 27, 2017
Thank you to the witnesses for joining us today, especially Senator Elizabeth Warren, who created the idea of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and gave the force behind it to make it a reality.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters acknowledges Warren's role in establishing the CFPB.

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