Elizabeth Warren

Paid family leave policies are in place for, again, sort of serious health conditions, new babies, in three States, California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.

In fact, relying on clinical judgment, according to our best evidence, saved money. It did not cost money.

So, if the homeowner wants to say, wait a minute, we are higher than the others around here, for example, then they have already got the information, in effect, for free in this process.

I do hope that Massachusetts succeeds and joins actually Senator Murphy's great State of Connecticut in becoming the second State to offer paid sick days to workers.

Will this technology mean that FEMA flood designations can go home by home so that each homeowner will know the elevation and, therefore, their part of the risk that their home faces?

Good. Thank you. I think that is at least a hopeful sign, so thank you very much.

I want to ask about this, and that is, again, this question about the impact on seniors.

Now these new flood maps create a lot of difficulties for homeowners in Massachusetts and all around the country.

I appreciate the work that Moms Rising is doing on this to draw attention to the importance of our getting paid family leave here.

I really want to say here, though, this is a real hardship on people who are newly being designated in these flood zone areas.

I urge you to think about what should happen in the interim as you move toward this science and, in the interim, how it is that we better serve families who have newly been added to these flood zones.

Basically, just to underline your point, that means we do not need the complexity in the system.

I'm disappointed about what happened because student loan refinancing should not be a partisan issue.

I very much encourage the States to step up their oversight as well.

I believe it's time to cut the interest rate on student loans, and I think this should be something that we should be able to support, both Democrats and Republicans.

A Federal student loan refinancing program would let borrowers get lower interest rates without losing out on any of the Federal protections that they're currently guaranteed.

Last month, Senator Durbin, Senator Harkin, Senator Franken and many others introduced a student loan refinancing bill to lower the interest rates on outstanding student loans.

Thank you, Mr. President. I am here today to say happy birthday to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This week marks 4 years since Dodd-Frank was signed into law and 3 years since the consumer agency opened its doors. The consumer…

It's also clear that we have consumer friendly labels for over-the-counter drugs--Tylenol, cough syrup--and that we do not yet have those on prescription drugs.

So until we get to a point where the CEO of the hospital is lying awake at night worrying about patient safety, I don't think we're going to really, meaningfully move the needle beyond these few leading organizations that are going to do…

So we've got a payment response.

the commitment to patient safety can't stop when someone leaves the hospital or the doctor's office.

I think it's a shocking number. We should be doing everything we can to drive that to zero.

This is another good example of an issue that really does require patients and family conversations about the drugs.

What would you change in Federal and State requirements, policies, to drive us in that direction?