"I was a Republican because I thought that those were the people who best supported markets. I think that is not true anymore. I was a Republican at a time when I felt like there was a problem that the markets were under a lot more strain. It worried me whether or not the government played too activist a role."
American politician and legal scholar serving as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts since 2013. She is known for consumer-protection work and financial-regulation advocacy. Before elected office, she taught law and helped shape the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.