I want to be sure that it is really about helping community banks and not about helping their much larger competitors.
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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the standard as it was described in the Supreme Court in 1968, which was an 'all the relevant facts' standard?
Historically, if an employer violated the legal rights of its workers through, say, an illegal firing, the employer was on the hook for damages.
I just wanted to establish what I thought was a pretty straightforward rule of law that I think everyone agrees with.
Now, high-fee products may result in less money for our seniors, but, of course, they do mean more money, as you point out, for banks and other investment advisors.
We need to do more to protect our seniors, but also particularly to make sure that financial advisors do not steer their clients into retirement products that maximize the advisors' profits while they drain away the clients' savings.
I come to the floor in strong support of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act. Our men and women in uniform serve our country with honor and courage. They put themselves in harm's way day in and day out to protect us…
I come to the floor today to announce the introduction of the Medical Innovation Act, which is a commonsense proposal that could dramatically increase our Nation's investment in lifesaving medical research. During much of the 20th century…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Ms. Warren pertaining to the introduction of S. 320 are printed in today's Record under…
If Congress passes another sanctions bill now during ongoing negotiations, will that give our negotiators any new leverage?
Giving billions of dollars in Federal aid to States without requiring them to spend a dime of that money on helping our teachers is not a responsible use of Federal tax dollars, not good enough for our teachers and sure enough not good…
Education is about building opportunity, and that's about making sure that Federal dollars go to the kids who most need the help to have a real chance to succeed.
Right now, I believe our ongoing negotiations with Iran are the best hope for achieving that goal.
I believe our ongoing negotiations with Iran are our best hope for achieving that goal.
If new legislation gives us no extra leverage and it increases the risk that the negotiations will blow up and it makes it harder for us to hold together an international coalition to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, then I just…
We all share a common goal, and that is to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Would passing a sanctions bill now strengthen or weaken hardliners inside the Iranian Government who are hoping to blow up the negotiations?





