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.
It is unquestionably true that, on average, larger banks are involved in riskier activities.
Republicans are on the attack once again, trying to put women's fundamental rights on the chopping block. I stand with my colleagues to fight back. Senator Patty Murray of Washington, Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, and 40 other Senators…
I think the language in the statute is pretty clear that you are required, the Fed is required to call it every year on whether these institutions have a credible plan.
I am not quite sure whether you are saying the plans are not credible and you are continuing to talk with them and asking them to change their plans.
I hope you would urge greater transparency by these large financial institutions that are required to submit these plans.
One of the tools that Congress has given the Fed to combat too big to fail is Section 165 of Dodd-Frank.
Can you honestly say that JPMorgan could be resolved in a rapid and orderly fashion as described in its plans with no threats to the economy and no need for a taxpayer bailout?
I remind you, there are very effective tools that you have available to you that you can use if those plans are not credible, including forcing these financial institutions to simplify their structure or forcing them to liquidate some of…





