Geithner Praises Elizabeth Warren for Consumer Watchdog Agency


Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Elizabeth Warren would be a “very effective leader” of the consumer watchdog agency mandated by the financial reform bill President Obama recently signed into law. “She represents to a large part of the country, not just people caught up in the damage of the crisis, but people who view this system as being fundamentally broken,” says Geithner. To view more highlights from the Monitor Breakfast series, visit www.youtube.com —– United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sits down for a conversation with attendees of the Monitor Breakfast about the Obama administration’s 2011 legislative priorities for the financial sector. Timothy Franz Geithner is the 75th and current United States Secretary of the Treasury, serving under President Barack Obama. He was previously the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.