These families are the foundation, as all of us know, of our economy and the reason that we are here in Washington working on this historic and critically important legislation.
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At the center of this effort will be a new, independent consumer protection agency to protect Americans from poisonous financial products.
I firmly believe that someone should 'have their backs,' as the expression goes.
Let us put a cop on the beat so that this spectacular failure of consumer protection at the root of this mess is never repeated again.
We applaud your leadership on a very complex set of issues intended to restore confidence and stability in our financial system.
the very people who created the damn mess are the ones now arguing that consumers ought not to be protected.
We cannot afford inaction.
I strongly support your notion of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
I will continue to insist that improving consumer protection be a first principle and an urgent priority.