we re proposing a new and powerful agency charged with just one job, looking out for ordinary consumers. wall street doesn t like it. nor do many in congress. this is an agency that will put no in innovation. warren works closely with congressman barney frank who steers the reforms through the house. she fully understood both the political constraints and the need to work around them rather than simply stamp your foot and hold your breathe and wish they would go away. she was doing a campaign inside washington and beyond. she takes her pitch to the public in the face of opposition. what i heard the president say on the face of consumer protection saijs it is not going down. and in the process charged john stewart on the daly show. either we fix this problem going forward or the game really is over. when you say it like that. and look at me like that, even though your husband is backstage, i still want to make out but w you.
tenured job at the university of texas. she volunteers to teach a course she s never taught before, bankruptcy. i remember approaching it with some real skepticism. you know, my family had had hard times. and we never declared bankruptcy. so surely the people who did declare bankruptcy, maybe they were trying to game the system. warren begins what will become decades of study into the causes of bankruptcy. the research has an effect on her political views. i have a long period where i m just not political at all. i m a registered republican. and then i get deeply involved in the bankruptcy research. over time she s surprised by what she learns. what you heard were basically people who worked hard, who played by the rule, who did everything they could and then, it was that one event that, bam. somebody got sick.