everything else they do. it s time for a change. i believe there will be a movement to change that. that means ordinary people s voices are being locked out not only by money, but the process you re describing. to understand the failures of this system. the way it has been. time for change. steve, elizabeth warren is raising an objection on the motion that the tribunals will then be used to reach in and undermine the dodd-frank bill. without ever acknowledging that every single time any such move by the way these things already exist in 50 trade agreements that we re already involved in. and any time anyone has ever tried to bring one of those cases against the united states every single time they have lost. every single time the united states has won. and so my feeling is steve,
motion that the tribunals will then be used to reach in and undermine the dodd-frank bill. without ever acknowledging that every single time any such move by the way, these things already exist in 50 trade agreements that we re already involved in. and any time anyone has ever tried to bring one of those cases against the united states, every single time they have lost. every single time the united states has won. and so my feeling is, steve, until they get this bill out there for the four months that it s going to be sitting out there for everyone to read, even then, most members of congress won t read it, the president is still going to be up against all this kind of mythological talk about what s going on. trades become a very complex issue this this country. the unanimity that existed in the republican party with regard to quote, unquote, free trade is gone.
more than $345 million. there s a significant increase in how much wealthy donors can give to national parties. some of the financial reforms under the dodd frank bill will be reversed. that led democratic senator elizabeth warren to spearhead a push for the house democrats to vote against this bill. the house of representatives is about to show us the worst of government for the rich and powerful. we put this rule in place because people of all political persuasions were disgusted at the idea of future bailouts. and now, no debate, no discussion. republicans in the house of representatives are threatening to shut down the government if they don t get a chance to repeal it. that raises a simple question. why? the reason, unfortunately, is simple. it s about money. and it s about power. well, some republicans not happy that the proposal does not
is the secret service being called in? isn t that amazing? everywhere you look the fbi, the secret service, i ve got ags around the country saying we are going to go after the companies. everybody wants to get into the act. at the same time, it is the least prosecuted crime in the country, the fastest growing crime in the country. in 2012, 12 million americans were victimized by this. according to the fbi, every three seconds somebody has their identity stolen. while you and i are talking, maybe 60 people are going to be victimized. if i m among those 60 people being victimized, what should i be doing to protect myself? what are the consumer agencies doing? s. we have this new consumer financial protection bureau that came in with the dodd frank bill.
if we are really serious about winning this election, democrats, then we can t live in fear of losing. then senator barak obama secured the 2008 democratic nomination and he won the white house on a message of hope and change. change you could believe in. his election was supposed to reject the safe political posturing that democrats had adopted with bill clinton in the 90. during their journey out of the political wilderness after the reagan revolution. the 2008 obama campaign was a promise to say good-bye to all that. the pledge to begin a new chapter, straight forward and unabashedly progressive leadership. that s what we thought yes, the president was able to negotiate a health care law, but a single payer bill was off the table from the start t. dodd-frank bill watered down a key report and it s been hindered by a lack of enforcement, then there is