We know that American workers, given the right tools, can out-compete China and every other country in the world.
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.
We can set the rules of this market ourselves, or we can sit back and let other countries do it.
Climate change poses an existential threat to every living thing on this planet.
The United States does not have a trade agreement with China, so there are no standards for environmental or worker protections.
U.S. trade policy needs structural reforms to ensure that it reflects the interests of all Americans, not just a handful of corporations trying to maximize short-term profits.
Enforcement is obviously very important, but we need better underlying rules too.
My bill...calls for $70 billion for the Public Housing Fund to wipe out this repair backlog.
Enforcement is a critical tool, but it is only as good as the underlying rules.
We are losing an estimated 10,000 units of public housing every year, just to deterioration and disrepair.
Despite the promise of Section 3, its mandate has been chronically unmet and underenforced.
We are disinvesting in the affordable housing that exists, losing units year after year.
We need more than $70 billion just to make public housing safe for the residents who are there.
We are losing about 10,000 units a year, about 200,000 units that we can count so far, units that families need to be able to live in.
This is unacceptable. We need to be going further than the President has proposed.
Do you agree any digital trade policies must not undermine or forestall privacy regulation, disinformation prevention, or antitrust actions?
If we want American families to come out ahead on trade deals, we need to start by fixing the processes that produce rigged outcomes.
USTR should not sign trade deals without fully consulting and securing support from labor and environmental groups.
We need to do more than just say the right thing every time Democrats are in charge at USTR.
Strong labor and environmental standards should be at the heart of every piece of our trade policy.
The Internet is a large and growing force in the U.S. economy and global trade.
I appreciate your commitment to elevating labor and environmental concerns in trade policy.
Bad trade deals like NAFTA... disproportionately harmed Black and Brown workers.





