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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.

Mar 18, 2015

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…

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Mar 18, 2015

Surely there are areas where we need to strengthen Dodd-Frank to address new concerns or to address old problems that were previously overlooked.

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Mar 18, 2015

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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…

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Mar 18, 2015

Mr. President, 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…

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Mar 18, 2015

I do not think Congress should take away that discretion from the Fed and simply exempt certain large regional banks from increased Fed scrutiny.

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Mar 16, 2015

In 2015, when cell phones can text pictures instantly around the globe, it just doesn't make sense that potentially lifesaving health information can't be transferred across the street.

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Mar 16, 2015

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.

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Mar 16, 2015

The grid is aging. Much of the technology was developed by Thomas Edison and much of the structure was built shortly after World War II.

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Mar 16, 2015

Well, our power grid has been reliable for so long that, for the most part, no one even thinks about it.

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Mar 16, 2015

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.

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Mar 16, 2015

Basically, it's a way to tie a patient to a system, to say the system is not going to share data anywhere else.

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