A Fighting Chance by Warren Elizabeth

Author:Warren, Elizabeth [Warren, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2014-04-22T00:00:00+00:00

The Last Meeting

Bruce and I gave up the apartment, and Otis gave up the much-loved elevator. We gave away our furniture to young CFPB staffers and packed up the car with our personal stuff. There were good-bye parties that nearly tore my heart out. I’d asked so many of these people to come work for the consumer agency, and they had put every fiber of their being into giving the agency the best possible start. I wanted to stay and fight alongside them. But I needed to suck it up and move on. My time was over.

On my last day at the agency, I went to the White House to hand my letter of resignation to the president in person. Once again, he took me outside. Once again, it was hot. But this time, the conversation was different.

We talked about the foreclosure disaster and the millions of families still in trouble. We talked about the increasing stress on the middle class. And we talked about the future—about where the country was headed, about a growing band of Republican extremists.

Eventually we got around to the big Senate race that was brewing in Massachusetts. He talked about the Senate and how, if I ran and beat Scott Brown, I’d have a lot of opportunities to fight for the economic issues I cared about.

The president said he liked Rich Cordray, and he thought he would be a good leader for the consumer agency. I agreed that Rich would be terrific.

I thanked him for the chance to serve, and I left.

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