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United States Senator

Elizabeth Warren, born on June 22, 1949, is an American politician and academic. She serves as a United States Senator from Massachusetts, known for her advocacy in consumer protection and financial regulation. A prominent figure in the Democratic Party, Warren has made significant contributions to the field of bankruptcy law and academia.

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“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 it with opportunity. And we build it together.”

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“My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family of three above the poverty line. Not today. Not even close. I understood right then that people can work hard, they can play by the rules, and they can still take a hard smack.”

“We need to align the incentives so that colleges have an incentive to keep down their costs... to graduate students on time with degrees in areas where they're going to be able to get jobs and going to be able to pay back those loans.”

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“Look around. Oil companies guzzle down the billions in profits. Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries, and Wall Street CEOs, the same ones the direct our economy and destroyed millions of jobs still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them. Does anyone here have a problem with that?”

“Are you ready to fight for good jobs and and a solid level playing field? Are you ready to prove to another generation of Americans that we can build a better country and a newer world? Joe Biden is ready. Barack Obama is ready. I am ready. You're ready.”

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“No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people. 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. That matters because we don't run this country for corporations, we run it for people.”

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“Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.”

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“Paul Ryan looks around, sees three unemployed workers for every job opening in America, and blames the people who can't find a job.”

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“It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.”

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“Part of my job is to make sense of all that I hear, and to retell it in a forceful way so that the decision-makers at Treasury can hear it. At least that's how I see it.”

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“I get heartfelt thanks from all kinds of people. Today I heard from a waitress in Georgia who has lost her job and is trying to figure out how her local bank can change the terms on her credit card, and I heard from a physicist at a major research university who wants to explain a better theory of financial stress tests.”

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Born: June 22, 1949
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