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Elizabeth Warren

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Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American attorney, academic, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Massachusetts since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for consumer protection, economic equality, and corporate regulation. Warren gained national recognition for her work in establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has focused on issues such as student debt relief and healthcare reform during her tenure in the Senate.

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Oct 16, 2016

A selfish little sleaze ball. A man who will never be president of the United States.

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Sep 19, 2016

In other words, all the tests look the same.

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Sep 19, 2016

You can't know whether you're one of the--yes, it was accurate, or, no, it's not. The answer is just no.

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Sep 19, 2016

Why can that be done quick as a wink across the entire bank, but a question about cutting compensation for a highly placed executive who oversaw a massive fraud takes long deliberation?

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Sep 19, 2016

You are the Chairman of the Board and the CEO. In those roles, do you think it would be appropriate for Ms. Tolstedt to get another bonus on top of the millions that she has already gotten as a reward for her role in this massive scam?

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Sep 19, 2016

Are you sure that those were not fake?

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Sep 19, 2016

Thank you very much. I really appreciate your holding this hearing.

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Sep 19, 2016

You know, Wells Fargo may wish that the CFPB would disappear, and some Republicans may keep trying to leash up this watchdog. But that is not going to happen.

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Sep 19, 2016

One of the really powerful things that the CFPB has done is to create a new complaint hotline

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Sep 19, 2016

Trying to keep it all secret, and that is what the arbitration clause does

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Sep 19, 2016

You get better rules in place, and this kind of fraud gets exposed much earlier

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Sep 19, 2016

Mr. Stumpf, you make it clear that Wall Street will not change until we make it change.

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Sep 19, 2016

You know, in 2008, Wall Street promised change, but it looks like it is business as usual.

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Sep 19, 2016

You accepted all along as this fraud built up, this massive fraud, you accepted all of the performance bonuses based on the cross-selling that is at the heart of this.

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Sep 19, 2016

Will you personally support clawing back any or all of the pay for the person in charge of compliance?

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Sep 19, 2016

Will you personally support clawing back all or part of Ms. Tolstedt's pay?

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Sep 19, 2016

You were able to make changes. Why can you not make a change here?

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Sep 19, 2016

Have you returned one nickel of the millions of dollars that you were paid while this scam was going on?

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Sep 19, 2016

Have you resigned as CEO or Chairman of Wells Fargo?

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Sep 19, 2016

If one of your tellers took a handful of $20 bills out of the cash drawer, they would probably be looking at criminal charges for theft.

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Sep 19, 2016

Cross-selling is not about helping customers get what they need.

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Sep 19, 2016

Instead, evidently your definition of 'accountable' is to push the blame to your low-level employees.

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Sep 19, 2016

These forced arbitration clauses make it easier for Wells to get away with scamming their customers

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Sep 13, 2016

The long-term solution here is for Congress to expand Social Security, to make sure it works for those who depend on it

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Sep 12, 2016

The accuracy of flood maps should not be based on whether a community can scrape together the money for a very expensive independent review.

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