The House Republican budget and the Senate Republican budget were both released last week, and both say that they support medical research funding.
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.
But what the Republican budgets actually do is lower the budget caps that are already crushing our research agencies.
Since the day Dodd-Frank was enacted, banks have been looking for ways to chip away at it, roll it back.
If Congress thinks enough time has passed to reopen Dodd-Frank, then we should consider ways to protect taxpayers and the economy, not grant give-aways that further tilt the playing field toward the bigger banks and make our financial…
I rise today to announce the introduction of the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act of 2015. This bill will allow student loan borrowers to take advantage of today's lower interest rates, and I urge my colleagues to support…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Ms. Warren pertaining to the introduction of S. 793 are printed in today's Record under…
I hope that the Chairman will be looking into concerns about the banks taking on more risks by speculating in commodities like aluminum and gold and oil, and also about increasing civil money penalty caps as two more ways to try to reduce…
I do not think Congress should take away that discretion from the Fed and simply exempt certain large regional banks from increased Fed scrutiny.
That is a recipe for missing the buildup of excessive risk in the financial system and it reflects the kind of 'let the banks run free' mindset that created the last financial crisis.
Surely there are areas where we need to strengthen Dodd-Frank to address new concerns or to address old problems that were previously overlooked.
If our technical experts are telling us that plugging more renewable energy into the system can help protect the grid in the face of these extreme weather threats, then we should make it a priority.
As you know, our electronic health record systems often have trouble matching a particular scan or a test result to the right patient, and those mismatches endanger patients.





