It is using patients as hostages. It is immoral. It hurts real people. It makes Americans very, very angry.
Elizabeth Warren
The Public Record
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.
In case you have not noticed, the real ramifications in our political process going on right now could lead to instability of our Government, our economy, and our standing in the world.
The same policies that make sense in a low price environment, make sense in a high price environment.
the current price of oil should not play a role in the Administration's plan.
You know, let us pick up on this question about regulatory climate and market security.
Liquidity that disappears exactly when the market needs it is not very valuable.
It is critically important that our biggest banks have sufficient assets in a time of crisis and that those assets be liquid.
the fact that you say over the last 9 months we have heard nothing about the health of our largest financial institutions.
Our focus should be on ensuring liquidity during times of stress, and it sounds like Dodd-Frank has helped us do exactly that.
Do you think that Dodd-Frank and the ancillary rules have made financial markets more resilient and better equipped to handle the kind of stress we saw in 2008?





