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Elizabeth Warren: “I worry how long we will be able to keep those people when the siren song of money from elsewhere continues to play.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
I worry how long we will be able to keep those people when the siren song of money from elsewhere continues to play.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren expresses concern about retaining talented staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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