Can you just give me any reason why you think it would be appropriate to reduce capital standards for giant financial institutions?
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.
So why on Earth would this be the time to reduce capital standards for these too-big-to-fail banks?
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?
Most experts agree that too-big-to-fail is still a problem, and meanwhile the biggest banks are making huge profits.
Do you agree that inadequate regulation of banks helped lead to the 2008 financial crisis?
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So my view on this is that when it comes to keeping prices low for consumers, nothing beats a competitive market.
I think that is great. But we cannot mistake this market for a competitive market.
I see an industry that is doing everything it can to throw sand in the gears of the insulin market.
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