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Elizabeth Warren: “Congressman, we are not there yet. We will go for the first time--next Thursday is the first day that we will be…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
Congressman, we are not there yet. We will go for the first time--next Thursday is the first day that we will be statutorily authorized to show up at the banks.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren discusses the upcoming start of bank supervision by her agency.

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