Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American academic and politician. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts. Warren was formerly a professor of law, and taught at the University of Texas School of Law, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and most recently at Harvard Law School. A prominent scholar specializing in bankruptcy law, Warren was among the most cited in the field of commercial law before starting her political career...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 June 1949
CityOklahoma City, OK
CountryUnited States of America
I grew up in the Methodist church and taught Sunday school, and one of my favorite passages of scripture is, 'in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.'' Matthew 25:40.
If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.
You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for.
Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America's veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home.
Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.
President Obama believes in a level playing field.
Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born,
Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.
I'm proud of my Native American heritage,
Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people.
Balancing your money is the key to having enough.
You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything in your factory and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did.
Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along.
Like a lot of you, I grew up in a family on the ragged edges of the middle class. My daddy sold carpeting and ended up as a maintenance man. After he had a heart attack, my mom worked the phones at Sears so we could hang on to our house.