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.
If we make the real point about disclosure, can the consumer accurately understand what you have just done?
Congress will set the standards for this agency, and then ask the agency to go and use its rulemaking authority.
Well, my view is, if you cannot explain it, then you probably should not sell it to customers. I think that is destructive.
I think it is time for change. We need someone in Washington who cares primarily about families, who cares about consumers.
if the facts suggest that that part of the problem is growing larger by the day, I want to ask the structural question.
The agency could say if you will issue a page-and-a-half credit card contract that is readable, a one-page mortgage that is readable and make the blanks clear... you are relieved of other regulatory obligations.
I will start by saying the person who was talking about banning products actually wasn't me; it was Mr. Yingling who embraced that notion.
In order to be more transparent, in order to have greater accountability for these banks, why not run the stress tests again under more difficult circumstances?





