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Elizabeth Warren: “Congress built the CFPB, and no one other than Congress—not the president, not Musk, not Vought—can shut it down.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2025
Congress built the CFPB, and no one other than Congress—not the president, not Musk, not Vought—can shut it down.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren asserts that only Congress has the authority to dismantle the CFPB.

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