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Elizabeth Warren: “I don't see how the American public can trust anyone who is…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Warren Pushes Stock Trading Ban for Congress, Says Lawmakers Shouldn't Buy, Sell, or Hold Shares

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

And yet there are people still out there trading. Can she be trusted to regulate the banks that she's profiting off of the returns from? I don't see how the American public can trust anyone who is buying, selling and holding stock. They always have to ask the question, gee, did they just make that decision because it's really good for the American people, or did they make that decision because it's really good for the person who holds the stock? (00:41–00:49)

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Asserts that public trust is compromised if Congress members trade stocks.

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