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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.

May 14, 2018

Can you just give me any reason why you think it would be appropriate to reduce capital standards for giant financial institutions?

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May 14, 2018

So why on Earth would this be the time to reduce capital standards for these too-big-to-fail banks?

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May 14, 2018

So given your agreement that the new rules have made the financial system safer, are you concerned that the Fed is looking to reverse course and lower capital standards for the biggest banks?

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May 14, 2018

Most experts agree that too-big-to-fail is still a problem, and meanwhile the biggest banks are making huge profits.

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May 14, 2018

Do you agree that inadequate regulation of banks helped lead to the 2008 financial crisis?

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May 10, 2018

Mr. President, I want to start by thanking my colleague from Rhode Island for both his powerful analysis of the influence of money on the selection of our judicial nominees and also for his point about the blue slip and the implications of…

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May 7, 2018

So my view on this is that when it comes to keeping prices low for consumers, nothing beats a competitive market.

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May 7, 2018

The answer is, after a hundred years, zero.

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May 7, 2018

I think that is great. But we cannot mistake this market for a competitive market.

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May 7, 2018

I see an industry that is doing everything it can to throw sand in the gears of the insulin market.

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Apr 26, 2018

Madam President, I rise to express my strong opposition to President Trump's nomination of Mike Pompeo to be the next Secretary of State. There are many reasons to oppose this nomination, but the main reason for me is pretty…

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