[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7877]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               WITNESS BADGERED AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARING

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I was shocked yesterday at the exchange 
that occurred between our colleague from North Carolina, Patrick 
McHenry, and Elizabeth Warren, the woman who has been tasked by 
President Obama to establish the new Consumer Financial Protections 
Bureau.
  You know, to have a woman of impeccable academic credentials, a woman 
who for years predicted what was going to happen, had a potential 
solution, and who has been adamant in her support for trying to unwind 
this mess, to have her being attacked, to have her at one point being 
accused of somehow doing too much to communicate with Attorneys General 
who are trying to get a fair shake for homeowners who have been 
cheated, speaks volumes--not just, sadly, about the Republican chair of 
the subcommittee, but about the Republican approach.
  For heaven sakes, they shouldn't be blocking her nomination. They 
should be embracing it and working with us to make sure it never 
happens again.

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