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On the recordJuly 13, 2011
We need a budget because these are very large and powerful financial institutions who hire armies of lawyers to design financial products that can't be read by ordinary American families.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren explains the need for a budget to support consumer protection against complex financial products.

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