Political Quotes

Elizabeth Warren

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Mar 6, 2013

If you are caught with an ounce of cocaine, the chances are good you are going to go to jail.

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Mar 6, 2013

Well, it is somewhere beyond $881 million of drug money.

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Mar 6, 2013

So you have no opinion on that? You sit in Treasury, and you try to enforce these laws.

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Mar 6, 2013

The United States Government takes money laundering very seriously.

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Mar 6, 2013

If I can, could I just ask a little more of a review question about this?

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Mar 6, 2013

And who is responsible for making a determination about whether to revoke the charter?

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Mar 6, 2013

A bank that launders drug money or terrorists' money can be shut down, and individuals in the bank can be banned from banking.

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Mar 6, 2013

So you just said to the Justice Department, 'You are on your own in figuring this out'?

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Mar 6, 2013

The Justice Department, in making its decision whether or not to pursue a criminal prosecution, checked with the Department of Treasury to determine your views on whether or not there would be a significant economic impact if a large bank…

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Mar 6, 2013

What does it take to get you to move toward even a hearing, even considering shutting down banking operations for money laundering?

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Mar 6, 2013

So whether or not you could revoke the charter depended on what the Justice Department did.

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