Elizabeth Warren

So we are talking about updating an old rule that was written to protect streams that are near coal mining...

In your view, does the existing rule...sufficiently protect water sources? No, it does not.

While the rule is a step in the right direction, let's not kid ourselves about the scope of this rule, what kind of impact it is going to have on the coal industry.

So it seems to me that a strong stream protection rule will make a real difference in protecting areas immediately surrounding coal mining, but this rule does not cover some of the most devastating public health effects of mining and it…

I urge Treasury to be just as creative in coming up with solutions for Puerto Rico as it was when the big banks called for help.

The people of Puerto Rico are calling. They understand there is no bailout on the table for them, and they are not asking for one.

Puerto Rico, by American law, cannot do either one of these, and that leaves the 3.5 million American citizens on the island at the mercy of the people who hold Puerto Rico's debt.

I think Treasury needs to step up and show more leadership here.

I believe that Congress should pass a law. I have cosponsored such a law, and I will fight for it.

But the vulture funds do not want to negotiate. Instead, what do the vulture funds want? Well, they want Puerto Rico to raise taxes, cut healthcare, fire teachers, cut pensions, sell off $4 billion worth of government buildings, privatize…

The people of Puerto Rico are in a really lousy position. They have been hit hard by ten years of recession, and now they are crushed by debt they cannot repay.

for 20 years one of the biggest billboards in America was next to Fenway Park, facing the Massachusetts Turnpike. It had a giant number counter on it. When I was running for the Senate in 2012, I would drive past that billboard sometimes…

mandating a massive, inefficient and inflexible sell off of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve years in advance is just one more bad idea for how to finance government.

the earlier change in the rule at the NLRB has just triggered a race to the bottom that has squeezed workers.

the NLRB finally acknowledged the problem that it had created back in the 1980s.

Selling off our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is just not a way to do that.

Historically, if an employer violated the rights of its workers through, for example, an illegal firing, the employer would be on the hook for damages.

Today, though, some giant companies have figured out that they can hide behind complex arrangements like subcontracts or franchises to dodge their legal responsibilities toward their workers.

The NLRB is following the law and standing up for American workers, which is exactly what the NLRB, by law, is supposed to do.

We should have a conversation about how large the Strategic Petroleum Reserve needs to be on a going forward basis.

the reason for the proposed sales of the emergency oil supply is to fund the government.

it would be devastating to the workers.

I fully support CMS moving forward with the mandatory joint replacement model.

We all know that one way to get the cost of healthcare under control and to improve quality is to change the way that we buy care.

It is probably a loan.