I saw at a young age that one bad break can turn a family's financial life upside down. And it has affected… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Who is Antonio Weiss? He's the head of global investment banking for the financial giant Lazard. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If President Barack Obama had not been in the White House, we would not have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
There is one thing Anthony Weiner and I agree on: there are a lot of smart, hard-working people in the financial industry. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We're a nation of debtors. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
There's been such a sense that there's one set of rules for trillion-dollar financial institutions and a different set for all the… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
You know, the old version was about balancing a checkbook. The new version is about the risks of debt, which is so… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
It's pretty much how we get anything added to the curriculum. When parents said children needed to be computer literate, the schools… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
What do the Republicans say? Donald Trump? They say they're just going to roll back the Dodd-Frank regulations. They want to undermine… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The financial services industry has seemed to treat the crisis like a little rainfall - inconvenient, but no significant changes needed. The… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Some of these biggest financial institutions are out there trading in commodities. They're buying oil tankers. This is not a financial system… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Accountability for the largest financial institutions on Wall Street is the bedrock for a strong economy. Hard-working families and honest businesses cannot… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Say good-bye to Dodd-Frank and all of the financial reforms and efforts to try to rein in Wall Street. Just say good-bye… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Big banks churn out page after page of incomprehensible fine print to obscure the cost and risks of checking accounts, credit cards,… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
In 1978, we adopted a new Bankruptcy Code in the United States, and a principal part of this was designed to adjust… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I get heartfelt thanks from all kinds of people. Today I heard from a waitress in Georgia who has lost her job… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer money and then turn around… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
It's critical to level the playing field, to make prices and risks clear up front, so when someone signs on for a… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The financial collapse of 2008 got its start with predatory mortgages, that weren’t sold by community banks and credit unions, they were… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I have voted against only one of President Obama's nominees: Michael Froman, a Citigroup alumnus who is currently storming the halls of… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
We have to rethink how to teach financial education in the 21st century. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act will reestablish a wall between commercial and investment banking, make our financial system more stable and secure,… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If large financial institutions can break the law and accumulate million in profits - and, if they get caught, settle by paying… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Families rely on financial services more than ever, but those who need them most - who struggle to make ends meet -… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
Once you've gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
“The single best predictor that a family would go bankrupt was if they had a child.” — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
I can remember riding in the car with [my daughter] Amelia, when she was very small, and we'd talk about money the same way… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
That's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn't know how to throw a punch. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
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… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
With post offices and postal workers already on the ground, USPS could partner with banks to make a critical difference for millions of Americans… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
We should stop having a conversation about cutting Social Security a little bit or a lot. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
'Middle class' used to be synonymous with secure, with steady, with boring, because middle-class people were people who were pretty much safe from the… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
You can put handcuffs on people who push the envelope. When they break the law, they deserve to have handcuffs. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
The broken consumer credit market had to be repaired by making sure that consumers had the right information and could use it effectively. That… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
“When you have no real power, go public—really public. The public is where the real power is. Those” — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
