Why, just 8 years after the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years, are Republicans lining up to roll back the rules on Wall Street?
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.
It is about throwing working families under the bus so that Congress can do the bidding of Wall Street.
Title 5 of the wrong choice act undermines many of these core mortgage protections and turns the clock back to a dangerous time in our housing market.
I come to the floor today to urge my colleagues in the Senate to oppose the nomination of Alexander Acosta for Labor Secretary. The test of whether a nominee is qualified to be Labor Secretary is a pretty simple one: Will that person stand…
Thanks in part to the pressure from Congress, the Trump administration is currently enforcing those sanctions.
I just want to say they should not be reserved for the privileged few who can afford $5,000 in order to have some assistance.
It is hard to maintain social relationships when you cannot communicate very well, and a big reason that older adults have trouble communicating is hearing loss.
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine have recommended changing regulations to permit over-the-counter sales of hearing aids to bring down prices dramatically.
One way to tackle the problem of loneliness and isolation and depression for some older adults is to cut the cost of hearing aids.
We have talked a little bit about pending legislation here, but let me ask, Ambassador Burns, given the questionable ties between the Trump administration and Russia...





