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“shortly the Senate will vote on the confirmation of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Again, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. I stress ``consumer.'' By now we all know my Republican colleagues will filibuster Mr. Cordray's nomination. They said they will. This is not an up-or-down vote. In the Republicans' effort to not allow this vote, they are stopping a vote on this very qualified man. They are not blocking this nomination because of any fault, real or perceived, in this candidate. He has bipartisan support and is eminently qualified. He has a long history of protecting consumers against the unfair practice of financial predators. He currently serves as chief of enforcement at the Bureau. Before that, Mr. Cordray served as Ohio's attorney general, a very important job in a very heavily populated State. While there, he recovered billions of dollars from pension funds on behalf of retirees, investors, and others. He took action against fraudulent foreclosures and predatory lending. He is qualified, and he is a man of diligence. The Republicans are blocking his nomination and not allowing a vote because they don't like the Federal agency he would lead, an agency established by law. This is the first time in the Senate's history that a party has blocked a qualified candidate solely because they disagreed with the existence of an agency that has been created by law.…”