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.
May 23, 2011
We are really trying to develop more effective complaint resolution in the consumer agency on a product-by-product basis.
May 23, 2011
I would say that there is a lot of unfounded concern about lack of oversight on this agency.
May 23, 2011
But we are capped, and there is only a certain amount of money that comes to this agency to carry out its functions before we would be forced to go into the political process.
May 23, 2011
When the Treasury came to me and said we would like your advice, I was glad to.
May 23, 2011
This is our job, and we are trying to do our job, and that is to be helpful to other agencies.
May 23, 2011
Congressman, it is not our job to negotiate on behalf of the Federal agencies.
May 23, 2011
We cannot go back to the era of inadequate protection for the American people.
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