I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 13, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office building to conduct a…
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 hasn't been even a month since the end of the Republican shutdown of the government, and they are already back at trying to paralyze the government again. Yesterday, the Republicans blocked an up-or-down vote on the nomination of Nina…
I think it is an important signal here and I am glad to hear that you are thinking about this.
But the truth is, if the regulators had done their jobs and reigned in the banks, we would not need to be talking about quantitative easing because we could have avoided the 2008 crisis altogether.
I am glad to hear you will make it a top priority for the Federal Reserve to engage in the supervisory and regulatory responsibilities that help keep our financial system safe.
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 13, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The Committee…
the difference between a 6.5 percent unemployment rate and an unemployment rate between 5 percent and 6 percent is hundreds of thousands of jobs.
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 13, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate…
I am concerned that those responsibilities just are not a top priority for the Board of Governors.
Do you think the Fed's lack of attention to regulatory and supervisory responsibilities helped lead to the crash of 2008?
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 13, 2013, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…





