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Elizabeth Warren: “But you feel like you have adequate authority. You do not need any additional authority to do it. You just need the…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2013
But you feel like you have adequate authority. You do not need any additional authority to do it. You just need the resources.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren confirms that the focus is on resource needs rather than authority.

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