The interest rate on student loans doubled on July 1. Because Congress failed to act, our lowest income students are now paying twice as much on these new loans. While students are paying more, the Federal Government is boosting its own…

for 4 months I have had the privilege of serving alongside my good friend Mo Cowan. From the time he was sworn in, Mo hit the ground running. Even though his time here was short, Mo has been a committed and strong advocate for the people…

It is important that everyone know when we are talking about litigation that you do not have to have a perfect record.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I want to start by commending Senator Whitehouse for his extraordinary leadership. For 5 years he has worked on this issue. He proved from the very beginning that he was open to consumer groups that came to talk to him about a problem, and…

I would vote for Congressman Watt twice.

I think the President of the United States has made five very strong choices, and I particularly want to say he has made a strong choice with Congressman Mel Watt to be the permanent head of the FHFA.

I think this is a very important step. I think this indicates that the SEC will show some backbone in critical cases.

I think that Chairman White is onto something really important here and I hope other regulators are paying attention to the changes that she is instituting.

Thank you all. Thank you for the work that you do every day.

There is a lot of power in Medicare and I just want to start there.

Too often in today's health care system, medical care is focused on treating a disease, not on helping an individual patient.