"I hope that the Senate will reconsider that important legislation again in the fall because refinancing student loans would potentially save borrowers billions."
"Borrowers who are in serious financial trouble... can get a fresh start on pretty much every kind of debt by declaring bankruptcy."
"there really is no substitute for bankruptcy protection. But, the banks went out and lobbied to make sure that they were going to be exempt from the bankruptcy laws, and now they will not even provide..."
"Is it available or not?"
"What is this family supposed to do that now has three children to take care of and $100,000 in nondischargeable student loan debt from a child who died?"
"We are not talking about performing loans and you like to reach out to your customers and say, have we got a deal for you."
"It is powerfully important here."
"That's a good step. They need more money."
"I really want to say here, though, this is a real hardship on people who are newly being designated in these flood zone areas."
"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."
"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."