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Exclusive: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Barbara Lee Unveil Historic Legislation Confronting Public Health Impact of Structural Racism
Exclusive: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Barbara Lee Unveil Historic Legislation Confronting Public Health Impact of Structural Racism
Anne Branigin
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) announced on Thursday a new plan that would declare racism a public health issue. Dubbed “the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2020,” the legislation is the first of its kind and would harness the power of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research health disparities and propose antiracist policies to eradicate racial divides in health outcomes.
The bill also builds upon a growing movement among state and local governments that have declared racism a public health crisis in order to shore up funding, increase accountability, and push through bold new proposals to dismantle the deep inequalities laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic and violent policing.
“It is time we start treating structural racism like we would treat any other public health problem or disease: investing in research into its symptoms and causes and finding ways to mitigate its effects,” said Sen. Warren. “My bill with Representatives Lee and Pressley is a first step to create anti-racist federal health policy that studies and addresses disparities in health outcomes at their roots.”
Congresswoman Pressley echoed the sentiments, telling The Root, “For far too long, our federal government has failed to recognize and address the structural racism that has devastated Black and brown communities and denied access to quality health care.”
“We must have a coordinated public health response to structural racism, and this bill would do just that.”
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)
The bicameral legislation comes at the tail-end of a summer that has been defined by three major crises: the coronavirus pandemic, which has thus far killed more than 180,000 Americans; state and vigilante violence targeting Black Americans, sparking insurrections across the United States; and the worst job losses the country has ever experienced. In each instance, race has been a defining feature.
Data from around the country have shown disproportionately high rates of infection and death from COVID-19 among Latinx and Black communities. In May, the Navajo Nation had the highest infection and death rate per capita than any of the 50 states. Among public health experts and epidemiologists, there has been widespread agreement that the causes of these disparities are rooted in structural problems, not personal choices. Government policies like redlining and racial covenants, for instance, have helped perpetuate decades of divestment, ensuring predominantly Black, Latinx and Native communities are more likely to be polluted, have less access to adequate health care and fewer educational resources and job opportunities. Even before data on COVID-19’s racial disparities were known, public health experts and environmental justice advocates warned that the disease was likely to have a disproportionate impact on communities of color.
But despite nationwide shelter-in-place directives, the rate of police killings has been on par with years prior. An onslaught of high profile cases of police brutality and vigilante violence targeting Black people, including the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the recent shooting of Jacob Blake, have spurred the largest racial justice movement in the country’s history.
In the background, an economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has created massive job losses and triggered evictions; those too, have devastated Black and Latinx households at higher rates. And with no end in sight to this current recession, it’s still unclear what long-term effects this economic downturn may have on these communities.
“COVID-19 has exposed the injustices in health outcomes for Black and Brown people, and it’s no coincidence,” said Rep. Barbara Lee. “In addition to addressing the lasting impacts of systemic racism in criminal justice, economic inequality and the like, we must also commit resources to understanding racially unjust health outcomes.”
The bill put forward by Warren, Lee and Pressley calls for the CDC to establish a National Center on Antiracism and Health that would formally declare racism a public health crisis; conduct research and collect data on the public health impacts of systemic racism, as well educate the public on its findings; and evaluate effective policies and practices that improve health outcomes for communities of color. The legislation also aims at improving cooperation between the federal government and Native communities, requiring increased communication and coordination between the CDC and Tribal communities and councils.
But perhaps most notable is the creation of a new program within the CDC that would specifically look at the public health impact of police brutality and violence. The “Law Enforcement Violence Prevention Program” would study the impact police brutality has on various communities, collect comprehensive data on state violence and its effects, and work on developing public health interventions to eliminate the “deaths, injury, trauma, and negative mental health effects from police presence and interactions.”
“Racial and ethnic inequity in public health is a result of systematic, personally mediated, and internalized racism and racist public and private policies and practices, and dismantling structural racism is integral to addressing public health,” the bill states.
US Representative Barbara Lee attends a press conference on the reintroduction of the “Women’s Health Protection Act at the House Triangle of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2019.
Photo: MANDEL NGAN (Getty Images)
Rep. Pressley added that the legislation would require the federal government to proactively develop anti-racist policies.
“It is time we recognize and treat structural racism and police brutality as the public health crises that they are,” she said.
The idea of addressing structural racism as a public health issue has gained a lot of ground in recent months. Milwaukee County—just 32 miles away from Kenosha County—was among the first to declare racism a public health crisis in 2019, citing deep racial divides in employment, education and incarceration rates. Since then, roughly 60 state and local governments have followed suit. As Sharrelle Barber, a Drexel University assistant professor of epidemiology, explained to the Smithsonian this summer, this approach shifts the way institutions and medical professionals confront health problems like obesity, maternal mortality, and diabetes (all of which have a disproportionate effect on African Americans). Rather than addressing these issues as the product of personal choices or biology, the causes of these disparities are tackled at their roots. And with research showing “a deadly barrage” of new pandemics to come, the urgency to eradicate systemic inequality as a matter of public health has arguably never been more urgent.
“If we had a structural racism lens going into this pandemic, perhaps we would have done things differently. For example, get testing to communities that we know are going to be more susceptible to the virus,” Barber told the Smithsonian. “We would have done that early on as opposed to waiting, or we would have said, ‘Well, folks need to have personal protective equipment and paid sick leave and hazard pay.’ We would have made that a priority.”
Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are all cosponsors of the Senate bill. The legislation has also been endorsed by the NAACP, the National Medical Association, the National Urban League, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Justice Collaborative, among others.
Dr. Joia Crear Perry, founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, is among those supporting the historic bill.
“Right now, health and life outcomes are largely dictated by the color of one’s skin,” said Perry. “Absent sweeping change, Black people’s lives will continue to be disregarded.”
Exclusive: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Barbara Lee Unveil Historic Legislation Confronting Public Health Impact of Structural Racism
Exclusive: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Barbara Lee Unveil Historic Legislation Confronting Public Health Impact of Structural Racism
Anne Branigin
An hour ago
•
Filed to:Black Lives Matter
2
Save
Photo: Michael M. Santiago (AP)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) announced on Thursday a new plan that would declare racism a public health issue. Dubbed “the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2020,” the legislation is the first of its kind and would harness the power of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research health disparities and propose antiracist policies to eradicate racial divides in health outcomes.
The bill also builds upon a growing movement among state and local governments that have declared racism a public health crisis in order to shore up funding, increase accountability, and push through bold new proposals to dismantle the deep inequalities laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic and violent policing.
“It is time we start treating structural racism like we would treat any other public health problem or disease: investing in research into its symptoms and causes and finding ways to mitigate its effects,” said Sen. Warren. “My bill with Representatives Lee and Pressley is a first step to create anti-racist federal health policy that studies and addresses disparities in health outcomes at their roots.”
Congresswoman Pressley echoed the sentiments, telling The Root, “For far too long, our federal government has failed to recognize and address the structural racism that has devastated Black and brown communities and denied access to quality health care.”
“We must have a coordinated public health response to structural racism, and this bill would do just that.”
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)
The bicameral legislation comes at the tail-end of a summer that has been defined by three major crises: the coronavirus pandemic, which has thus far killed more than 180,000 Americans; state and vigilante violence targeting Black Americans, sparking insurrections across the United States; and the worst job losses the country has ever experienced. In each instance, race has been a defining feature.
Data from around the country have shown disproportionately high rates of infection and death from COVID-19 among Latinx and Black communities. In May, the Navajo Nation had the highest infection and death rate per capita than any of the 50 states. Among public health experts and epidemiologists, there has been widespread agreement that the causes of these disparities are rooted in structural problems, not personal choices. Government policies like redlining and racial covenants, for instance, have helped perpetuate decades of divestment, ensuring predominantly Black, Latinx and Native communities are more likely to be polluted, have less access to adequate health care and fewer educational resources and job opportunities. Even before data on COVID-19’s racial disparities were known, public health experts and environmental justice advocates warned that the disease was likely to have a disproportionate impact on communities of color.
But despite nationwide shelter-in-place directives, the rate of police killings has been on par with years prior. An onslaught of high profile cases of police brutality and vigilante violence targeting Black people, including the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the recent shooting of Jacob Blake, have spurred the largest racial justice movement in the country’s history.
In the background, an economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has created massive job losses and triggered evictions; those too, have devastated Black and Latinx households at higher rates. And with no end in sight to this current recession, it’s still unclear what long-term effects this economic downturn may have on these communities.
“COVID-19 has exposed the injustices in health outcomes for Black and Brown people, and it’s no coincidence,” said Rep. Barbara Lee. “In addition to addressing the lasting impacts of systemic racism in criminal justice, economic inequality and the like, we must also commit resources to understanding racially unjust health outcomes.”
The bill put forward by Warren, Lee and Pressley calls for the CDC to establish a National Center on Antiracism and Health that would formally declare racism a public health crisis; conduct research and collect data on the public health impacts of systemic racism, as well educate the public on its findings; and evaluate effective policies and practices that improve health outcomes for communities of color. The legislation also aims at improving cooperation between the federal government and Native communities, requiring increased communication and coordination between the CDC and Tribal communities and councils.
But perhaps most notable is the creation of a new program within the CDC that would specifically look at the public health impact of police brutality and violence. The “Law Enforcement Violence Prevention Program” would study the impact police brutality has on various communities, collect comprehensive data on state violence and its effects, and work on developing public health interventions to eliminate the “deaths, injury, trauma, and negative mental health effects from police presence and interactions.”
“Racial and ethnic inequity in public health is a result of systematic, personally mediated, and internalized racism and racist public and private policies and practices, and dismantling structural racism is integral to addressing public health,” the bill states.
US Representative Barbara Lee attends a press conference on the reintroduction of the “Women’s Health Protection Act at the House Triangle of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2019.
Photo: MANDEL NGAN (Getty Images)
Rep. Pressley added that the legislation would require the federal government to proactively develop anti-racist policies.
“It is time we recognize and treat structural racism and police brutality as the public health crises that they are,” she said.
The idea of addressing structural racism as a public health issue has gained a lot of ground in recent months. Milwaukee County—just 32 miles away from Kenosha County—was among the first to declare racism a public health crisis in 2019, citing deep racial divides in employment, education and incarceration rates. Since then, roughly 60 state and local governments have followed suit. As Sharrelle Barber, a Drexel University assistant professor of epidemiology, explained to the Smithsonian this summer, this approach shifts the way institutions and medical professionals confront health problems like obesity, maternal mortality, and diabetes (all of which have a disproportionate effect on African Americans). Rather than addressing these issues as the product of personal choices or biology, the causes of these disparities are tackled at their roots. And with research showing “a deadly barrage” of new pandemics to come, the urgency to eradicate systemic inequality as a matter of public health has arguably never been more urgent.
“If we had a structural racism lens going into this pandemic, perhaps we would have done things differently. For example, get testing to communities that we know are going to be more susceptible to the virus,” Barber told the Smithsonian. “We would have done that early on as opposed to waiting, or we would have said, ‘Well, folks need to have personal protective equipment and paid sick leave and hazard pay.’ We would have made that a priority.”
Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are all cosponsors of the Senate bill. The legislation has also been endorsed by the NAACP, the National Medical Association, the National Urban League, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Justice Collaborative, among others.
Dr. Joia Crear Perry, founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, is among those supporting the historic bill.
“Right now, health and life outcomes are largely dictated by the color of one’s skin,” said Perry. “Absent sweeping change, Black people’s lives will continue to be disregarded.”
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‘Most influential voice’: Warren’s network spreads throughout Biden administration
politico.com
‘Most influential voice’: Warren’s network spreads throughout Biden administration
Zachary Warmbrodt
8-10 minutes
There is a growing list of people in President Joe Biden's administration who are backed by Elizabeth Warren and other progressives. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
Wall Street was relieved when Sen. Elizabeth Warren was passed over for the leadership of the Treasury Department. But now the financial industry faces another threat: President Joe Biden is enlisting a small army of her former aides and allies to run his government.
Warren's expanding network in the upper echelons of the administration includes protégés who helped execute her aggressive oversight of big banks and other corporations as well as friends who share her views of the risks looming on Wall Street. But it goes beyond finance, covering pivotal posts at the Department of Education and even the National Security Council.
The Warren recruits mark a victory for the progressive movement, which has supported her yearslong "personnel is policy" campaign to chip away at the dominance of corporate insiders in setting policy for Democrats. Those who took on the fight with Warren say they're pleasantly surprised it has produced so many results under Biden, reflecting a new emphasis on inequality and challenging corporate power. Industry lobbyists, in turn, warn that banks, private equity firms and consumer lenders should pay close attention.
The appointments "confirm that Sen. Warren will be the most influential voice in the financial policy debate under the new administration," said Karolina Arias, a former Democratic Senate aide who is now a partner at Federal Hall Policy Advisors.
The growing list of Biden personnel backed by Warren and other progressives illustrates the leftward shift underway in the Democratic Party's approach to policymaking, which was also seen in the $1.9 trillion aid package that Biden signed into law Thursday.
"No one should be surprised Sen. Warren has virtually hand-picked the financial and other regulatory nominations she cares deeply about," said Consumer Bankers Association President Richard Hunt, who represents banks that have faced withering criticism from Warren and her allies.
The Warren alumni at senior levels of the executive branch include banking and economic policy staffers who spent years leading her office's oversight of Wall Street. Bharat Ramamurti is now deputy director of the White House National Economic Council and Julie Siegel is Treasury deputy chief of staff.
Other former Warren aides in the administration include Julie Morgan, a senior adviser at the Education Department; Anne Reid, deputy chief of staff at the Department of Health and Human Services; and Sasha Baker, senior director of strategic planning at the National Security Council.
"Getting the right people in those slots is really important," Warren said in a December interview. "And it's not only the top slots, it's also the deputies and assistants. The people who do the hard work day in and day out to develop policies and then to execute them."
Other close allies have also been nominated for key posts.
Adewale "Wally" Adeyemo, who helped Warren launch the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is Biden's pick to be deputy Treasury secretary. FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra, another former CFPB official, is awaiting confirmation to lead the consumer bureau. Leandra English, also a CFPB alum, is chief of staff of the NEC.
Gary Gensler, known for cracking down on big banks as a post-financial crisis regulator, is the nominee for Securities and Exchange Commission chair, a position that in the past Warren and her staff have invested significant effort trying to influence. Even Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen worked closely with Warren when Yellen was Federal Reserve chair, a position the economist attained thanks in part to political pressure that Warren and other progressives applied on then-President Barack Obama.
A person familiar with Warren and Yellen’s relationship said it’s one “based on deep mutual respect and shared values” and that they have spoken often since Yellen’s confirmation.
The growing list has prompted comparisons to other powerful — and longer-serving — Senate leaders who were able to place large numbers of former aides across government, including six-term Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), whose "Shelby mafia" held several key financial regulatory roles in the Trump administration.
The records and views of many of the picks reflect a marked shift from the more centrist- and business-aligned economic policy leadership of the Clinton and Obama administrations. For Warren and other progressives, that could give them a clear advantage in campaigns on student loan cancellation, child-care financing and climate change, as well as potential tax hikes on the wealthy and giant corporations.
There is regular contact at "all levels" between Biden's world and Warren's, two people familiar with the interaction said. Warren and White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain talk regularly, they said.
Those familiar with Warren's thinking said she is also focusing on unfilled administration positions dealing with antitrust and higher education as well those at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and Treasury.
Not long after Warren joined the Senate in 2013, she led a strategic push to try to rebalance the party's policymaking apparatus. She openly criticized Democrats for recruiting so many Wall Street veterans to administration posts in what she dubbed the "Citigroup clique." She derailed Obama's nomination of investment banker Antonio Weiss to the Treasury Department. And she hounded then-SEC Chair Mary Jo White for not doing enough to protect investors. Warren was poised to play a similar role if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency in 2016.
"[T]here is danger anytime the key economic positions in our government fall under the control of a single tight-knit group," Warren wrote in POLITICO in 2014. "Old ideas can stay around long after they’re useful, and new ideas don’t get a fair hearing."
Biden's 2020 presidential primary victory over Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gave some on Wall Street reason to cheer, as did his decision to pass over Warren for the Treasury Department. Finance executives are betting that Biden will reject some of the more dramatic proposals to rein in the industry as he focuses on stabilizing the economy in the wake of the pandemic.
But progressive policy advocates say financial firms shouldn't get comfortable, even with a moderate in the presidency.
Jeff Hauser, executive director of the watchdog group the Revolving Door Project, said, "Warren has become the center of gravity for people who think the economy has gotten out of whack and that better governance could set things right." Top Biden aides responsible for staffing his administration are more traditional Democrats, Hauser said, but "it makes sense that when trying to staff an executive branch that can produce real results for people and a legacy for their boss, they looked to people associated with Warren."
While Biden isn't calling for a major crackdown on Wall Street, regulators who have close connections to Warren and other progressives will be able to rewrite rules for finance and pursue tougher enforcement actions. The dynamic could manifest the next time another financial firm stumbles after taking big risks or hurting customers.
"There isn't going to be any time wasted trying to get up to speed when faced with the next incident," said Compass Point director of policy research Isaac Boltansky, who served on the bank bailout oversight panel that Warren chaired after the 2008 financial crisis. "We're talking about people who have been steeped in policy nuance for years, have a fervent belief in the role of government and policing bad actors, and who know what policy levers to pull in order to accomplish that goal."
‘Most influential voice’: Warren’s network spreads throughout Biden administration
politico.com
‘Most influential voice’: Warren’s network spreads throughout Biden administration
Zachary Warmbrodt
8-10 minutes
There is a growing list of people in President Joe Biden's administration who are backed by Elizabeth Warren and other progressives. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
Wall Street was relieved when Sen. Elizabeth Warren was passed over for the leadership of the Treasury Department. But now the financial industry faces another threat: President Joe Biden is enlisting a small army of her former aides and allies to run his government.
Warren's expanding network in the upper echelons of the administration includes protégés who helped execute her aggressive oversight of big banks and other corporations as well as friends who share her views of the risks looming on Wall Street. But it goes beyond finance, covering pivotal posts at the Department of Education and even the National Security Council.
The Warren recruits mark a victory for the progressive movement, which has supported her yearslong "personnel is policy" campaign to chip away at the dominance of corporate insiders in setting policy for Democrats. Those who took on the fight with Warren say they're pleasantly surprised it has produced so many results under Biden, reflecting a new emphasis on inequality and challenging corporate power. Industry lobbyists, in turn, warn that banks, private equity firms and consumer lenders should pay close attention.
The appointments "confirm that Sen. Warren will be the most influential voice in the financial policy debate under the new administration," said Karolina Arias, a former Democratic Senate aide who is now a partner at Federal Hall Policy Advisors.
The growing list of Biden personnel backed by Warren and other progressives illustrates the leftward shift underway in the Democratic Party's approach to policymaking, which was also seen in the $1.9 trillion aid package that Biden signed into law Thursday.
"No one should be surprised Sen. Warren has virtually hand-picked the financial and other regulatory nominations she cares deeply about," said Consumer Bankers Association President Richard Hunt, who represents banks that have faced withering criticism from Warren and her allies.
The Warren alumni at senior levels of the executive branch include banking and economic policy staffers who spent years leading her office's oversight of Wall Street. Bharat Ramamurti is now deputy director of the White House National Economic Council and Julie Siegel is Treasury deputy chief of staff.
Other former Warren aides in the administration include Julie Morgan, a senior adviser at the Education Department; Anne Reid, deputy chief of staff at the Department of Health and Human Services; and Sasha Baker, senior director of strategic planning at the National Security Council.
"Getting the right people in those slots is really important," Warren said in a December interview. "And it's not only the top slots, it's also the deputies and assistants. The people who do the hard work day in and day out to develop policies and then to execute them."
Other close allies have also been nominated for key posts.
Adewale "Wally" Adeyemo, who helped Warren launch the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is Biden's pick to be deputy Treasury secretary. FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra, another former CFPB official, is awaiting confirmation to lead the consumer bureau. Leandra English, also a CFPB alum, is chief of staff of the NEC.
Gary Gensler, known for cracking down on big banks as a post-financial crisis regulator, is the nominee for Securities and Exchange Commission chair, a position that in the past Warren and her staff have invested significant effort trying to influence. Even Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen worked closely with Warren when Yellen was Federal Reserve chair, a position the economist attained thanks in part to political pressure that Warren and other progressives applied on then-President Barack Obama.
A person familiar with Warren and Yellen’s relationship said it’s one “based on deep mutual respect and shared values” and that they have spoken often since Yellen’s confirmation.
The growing list has prompted comparisons to other powerful — and longer-serving — Senate leaders who were able to place large numbers of former aides across government, including six-term Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), whose "Shelby mafia" held several key financial regulatory roles in the Trump administration.
The records and views of many of the picks reflect a marked shift from the more centrist- and business-aligned economic policy leadership of the Clinton and Obama administrations. For Warren and other progressives, that could give them a clear advantage in campaigns on student loan cancellation, child-care financing and climate change, as well as potential tax hikes on the wealthy and giant corporations.
There is regular contact at "all levels" between Biden's world and Warren's, two people familiar with the interaction said. Warren and White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain talk regularly, they said.
Those familiar with Warren's thinking said she is also focusing on unfilled administration positions dealing with antitrust and higher education as well those at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and Treasury.
Not long after Warren joined the Senate in 2013, she led a strategic push to try to rebalance the party's policymaking apparatus. She openly criticized Democrats for recruiting so many Wall Street veterans to administration posts in what she dubbed the "Citigroup clique." She derailed Obama's nomination of investment banker Antonio Weiss to the Treasury Department. And she hounded then-SEC Chair Mary Jo White for not doing enough to protect investors. Warren was poised to play a similar role if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency in 2016.
"[T]here is danger anytime the key economic positions in our government fall under the control of a single tight-knit group," Warren wrote in POLITICO in 2014. "Old ideas can stay around long after they’re useful, and new ideas don’t get a fair hearing."
Biden's 2020 presidential primary victory over Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gave some on Wall Street reason to cheer, as did his decision to pass over Warren for the Treasury Department. Finance executives are betting that Biden will reject some of the more dramatic proposals to rein in the industry as he focuses on stabilizing the economy in the wake of the pandemic.
But progressive policy advocates say financial firms shouldn't get comfortable, even with a moderate in the presidency.
Jeff Hauser, executive director of the watchdog group the Revolving Door Project, said, "Warren has become the center of gravity for people who think the economy has gotten out of whack and that better governance could set things right." Top Biden aides responsible for staffing his administration are more traditional Democrats, Hauser said, but "it makes sense that when trying to staff an executive branch that can produce real results for people and a legacy for their boss, they looked to people associated with Warren."
While Biden isn't calling for a major crackdown on Wall Street, regulators who have close connections to Warren and other progressives will be able to rewrite rules for finance and pursue tougher enforcement actions. The dynamic could manifest the next time another financial firm stumbles after taking big risks or hurting customers.
"There isn't going to be any time wasted trying to get up to speed when faced with the next incident," said Compass Point director of policy research Isaac Boltansky, who served on the bank bailout oversight panel that Warren chaired after the 2008 financial crisis. "We're talking about people who have been steeped in policy nuance for years, have a fervent belief in the role of government and policing bad actors, and who know what policy levers to pull in order to accomplish that goal."
biggest mistake of Biden's administration was picking Harris. he could have picked dozens of other women. 
Biden could've avoided all this
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
He fukked 2022 and 2024 by picking her and quite honestly the remainder of the decade. And it's only 2021.
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
Nah. Big Gretch.
She'll get her shine come 2024 though. 
If Warren was VP, they'd be wild problems at the White House. If they're saying all her people are in important if not top positions in the WH, who's gonna know who's President in that situation?