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…
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.
Surely there are areas where we need to strengthen Dodd-Frank to address new concerns or to address old problems that were previously overlooked.
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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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…
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…
I do not think Congress should take away that discretion from the Fed and simply exempt certain large regional banks from increased Fed scrutiny.
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.
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.
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.
Well, our power grid has been reliable for so long that, for the most part, no one even thinks about it.
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.
Basically, it's a way to tie a patient to a system, to say the system is not going to share data anywhere else.





