Political Quotes

“Madam President, American families, hard-working American families need a Treasury Secretary who will work for them, not for Wall Street. Remember the tenor of the 2016 campaign, when candidate Trump, at every rally, spoke forcefully about draining the swamp. What we thought he meant was that he would drain the swamp, that he would not be hiring a whole bunch of Wall Street executives, Goldman Sachs employees, and other bankers who helped drive the economy into a ditch; that he would actually stay away from them. In fact, we have seen the opposite. It has become obvious that the Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin is not about hard-working American families, but he is about working for Wall Street. The Treasury Secretary has enormous influence over Americans' lives, impacting everything from their taxes to their mortgages to their retirement. Mr. Mnuchin doesn't have a policy background to give us clues as to what he would do with his power. He was a major Trump fundraiser. Here is what we do know. He made millions as a hedge fund manager. He made millions at Goldman Sachs, where he traded mortgage securities and other products that contributed to the financial crisis. He headed what has been called a foreclosure machine, profiting in kicking hard- working Americans out of their homes. When presented with tough questions from members of the Finance Committee in front of which he appeared, Mr.…”