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" We've seen filibusters to block judicial nominations, jobs bills, political transparency, ending Big Oil subsidies - you name it, there's been a filibuster. "

Elizabeth Warren

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" People with banking experience haven't all flocked to the biggest banks; community banks and regional banks, along with smaller trading houses and credit unions, have some very talented people. "

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" Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class. "

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" Markets work when people can evaluate the prices and risks of different products, then pick the ones that work best for them. But when the terms of the deal are hidden, competition doesn't work. And customers aren't the only ones who are hurt. "

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" Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school. "

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" Too often, people get jobs based on who they know - not what they know. "

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" It is not good not to have health insurance; that leaves the family very vulnerable. "

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" Growing up, my mother and grandparents often talked about our family's Native American heritage. As a kid, I never thought to ask them for documentation - what kid would? "

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" Groupthink can become a serious issue - old ideas stay around after they're useful, and new ideas too often don't get a fair hearing. "

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" I grew up in a family that nearly lost everything, but I ended up in the United States Senate because I grew up in an America that invested in kids like me and built a real future for us. "

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" If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted. "

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" Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans. "

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" People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters. "

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" Consumers get used to reading and understanding their credit card contracts, their mortgages, their check overdraft agreements, those are good things. That puts power back in the hands of consumers. "

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" Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system. "

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" What we collectively decide about how to bail out our economy, how to pull our economy out of a ditch and what rules we put in place to make sure this problem does not happen again, will shape our country for the next 50 years. This is it. "

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" There's a lot of talk coming from Citigroup about how Dodd-Frank isn't perfect. Let me say this to anyone who is listening at Citi: I agree with you. Dodd-Frank isn't perfect. It should have broken you into pieces. "

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" I don't want happy-face conclusions. I want the truth. "

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" I'm not someone who thinks Republicans are always wrong and Democrats are always right. "

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" Some of these biggest financial institutions are out there trading in commodities. They're buying oil tankers. This is not a financial system that has calmed down and is there to serve the American people. "

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" In the 1960s, a minimum wage job would keep a family of three afloat. "

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" Other countries around the world make employees and retirees first in the priority. For example, in Mexico, the bankruptcy laws say if a company wants to go bankrupt... obligations to employees and retirees will have a first priority. That has an effect on every negotiation that takes place with every company in Mexico. "

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" How do you think we build a future? I think we build it by investing in our kids and investing in education. "

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" I think I grew up with a profound sense of watching people who were good people, who were smart people, who were hardworking people - God, nobody on this Earth worked harder than my mom and dad - and they had very little. "

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" Because policymakers often rely on think tanks' research when crafting laws and regulations, it's critical to know whether these organizations are truly independent. "

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" The word's out: I'm a woman, and I'm going to have trouble backing off on that. I am what I am. I'll go out and talk to people about what's happening to their families, and when I do that, I'm a mother. I'm a grandmother. "

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" I don't think anyone went the polls and said, 'I am casting my vote to make sure that Wall Street has better chances to make bigger profits off the backs of the American people.' "

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" The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder. "

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" Regulators all meet with Goldman Sachs executives and employees day after day after day. They don't see the people who get tricked, the people who get cheated, the people who get fooled by the products that Goldman turns out. "

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