and in the mix of all of this, mix of what s going on on the right and on the left, on sunday, the president announced the new head of the consumer financial protection bureau will not be elizabeth warren, frankly better than anybody else about communicating with people about economic issues, instead, elizabeth warren s deputy, a former ohio general praised today by elizabeth warren himself, praised today by his home state snarts who said there s no question of his qualifications and praised today even by the current attorney general of ohio, a republican, the man who beat him an an election last year, said he d do a good job. the consumer protection agency officially opens for business on thursday. republicans have long said now they d oppose not only elizabeth warren running that agency, but anybody running that agency, because they don t want that
the consumer protection agency officially opens for business on thursday. republicans have long said now they d oppose not only elizabeth warren running that agency, but anybody running that agency, because they don t want that agency to exist. they think consumer protection is some sort of banking scheme and they are with the bankers. so this is going to be a fight. this is always going to be a fight, but now we know thanks to how far the republicans are pushing things in washington right now, now we know this is going to be a fight on a high wire over an abyss. elizabeth warren writing today we got this agency by fighting, we stood it up by fighting, and if it takes more fighting to keep it strong and independence, then we can do it. joining us tonight for the interview is elizabeth warren, she s been serving as an assistant to the president and
reject the framing republicans have insisted on, not take the republican bait to go after social security and medicare, and in the mix of all of this, mix of what s going on on the right and on the left, on sunday, the president announced the new head of the consumer financial protection bureau will not be elizabeth warren, frankly better than anybody else about communicating with people about economic issues, instead, elizabeth warren s deputy, a former ohio general praised today by elizabeth warren himself, praised today by his home state snarts who said there s no question of his qualifications and praised today even by the current attorney general of ohio, a republican, the man who beat him an an election last year, said he d do a good job. the consumer protection agency officially opens for business on thursday.
social security and medicare, and in the midst of all of this going on in the right and on the left, yesterday, in washington, on a sunday, the president announced the head of the new consumer protection bureau. it will not be elizabeth warren, frankly better than anybody else about communicating with people about economic issues, instead, elizabeth warren s deputy, a former ohio general praised today by elizabeth warren himself, saying that he has a good track record, and praised today by sharon brown who says there is no question about his qualifications, and praised by the current attorney general of ohio, a republican, the man who beat him in an election last year, who says that he will do a good job. the consumer protection agency officially opens for business on thursday. republicans have long said now they d oppose not only elizabeth warren running that agency, but they would oppose anybody running that agency because they
the consumer protection agency officially opens for business on thursday. republicans have long said now they d oppose not only elizabeth warren running that agency, but they would oppose anybody running that agency because they don t want that agency to exist, because they think consumer financial protection is some sort of anti-banking scheme and they are with the bankers. so this is going to be a fight. this is always going to be a fight, but now we know thanks to how far the republicans are pushing things in washington right now, now we know this is going to be a fight on a high wire over an abyss. elizabeth warren writing today on the white house blog, quote, we got this agency by fighting, we stood it up by fighting, and if it takes more fighting to keep it strong and independent, then we can do it. joining us tonight for the interview is elizabeth warren, recognized at the architect of the consumer protection bureau. she s been serving as an assistant to the president and spec