Elizabeth Warren

Could we please stop playing dodge ball. Do you plan to cut expenditures?

Would you cut back on examinations and supervision in order to achieve the 23-percent cut you need to achieve?

The President has offered you up as saying this is your expertise.

So let me ask again the specific question: Were you involved in developing or implementing the policies that led to children being taken away from their parents at the border?

So one thing consumers need in a CFPB Director is someone who is willing to stand up to powerful people on behalf of those who do not have power.

The only thing you can come up with is, well, maybe you will cut travel, which means there will be less enforcement.

This was a policy that was designed to traumatize children and families as a way of scaring them away from the border.

Were you involved in developing or implementing the policies that led this Administration to take thousands of children away from their parents at the border?

You know, I just want to be clear on this.

You do not have any experience in consumer finance or consumer protection, no qualifications at all.

So is that a no, you will not cut?

I will also remind you that many of the documents I have requested about your role in this policy could eventually become public under the Freedom of Information Act.

I am glad to be a cosponsor of Senator Brown's SSI Restoration Act which would allow recipients to save up for emergencies, to earn a little more money for work and other sources without being penalized.

These outdated asset and income limits are barriers that prevent SSI recipients from building a better future for themselves and for their families.

What worries me is that rather than strengthening this important program, the White House has proposed billions of dollars in cuts to SSI, breaking President Trump's promise not to cut Social Security.

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Paying a bundled price, if done right, would give hospitals the incentive to keep patients healthy and managed towards good outcomes.

We are talking today about how to reduce health spending.

But the banks we have to worry about are the banks that get bailed out here.

But since you have taken over, Chairman Powell, the Fed has rolled back on both of these reforms.

Before the financial crisis, banks loaded up on risky loans while regulators just looked the other way.

I hope you will work with Senator Warner and with me to push this legislation forward.

We cannot just cross our fingers and hope that another breach does not happen because another breach will happen.

Our Federal agencies have made absolutely clear that they need more legal authority to protect consumers.

The FTC should have that authority.