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It's easier at times to pick at what someone else does.
Richard Cordray
Else
Easier
Someone
Pick
Does
Times
I don't want to, on behalf of the bureau, comment on Ohio law as opposed to Washington law as opposed to Colorado law.
Richard Cordray
Law
Colorado
Opposed
Comment
Behalf
Bureau
Ohio
Want
Washington
I'm not going to stand by and ignore things that I think are important to talk about.
Richard Cordray
Important
Think
About
Talk
Going
Stand
Ignore
Things
It makes me mad to see people in government serving themselves at our expense.
Richard Cordray
Government
Me
People
Our
Mad
See
Makes
Expense
Themselves
Serving
I know from my own experience that lawsuits can be a very slow, wasteful, and needlessly acrimonious way to resolve a problem.
Richard Cordray
Experience
Problem
Slow
Own
Resolve
Way
My Own
Lawsuits
Know
Very
Wasteful
Our job, which Congress gave us, was to protect consumers. That work needs to be done in our communities for people regardless of what happens with elections, regardless of what happens with particular people and particular offices, and that is something that I have tried to stress at my agency.
Richard Cordray
Work
Needs
People
Stress
Job
Congress
Gave
Our
Tried
Something
Consumers
Particular
Protect
Offices
Done
Regardless
Happens
Which
Agency
Us
Elections
Communities
The Fair Debt Collection Act was passed in 1977, and there were never any provisions for rules to be written under it, so it hasn't kept pace with the times.
Richard Cordray
Rules
Collection
Never
Written
Fair
Passed
Were
Debt
Provisions
Times
Any
Pace
Act
Kept
I will build on some of the things Governor Kasich has done where I think he has been effective for Ohioans, and I think there's number of areas where he has been.
Richard Cordray
Will
Build
Think
Has-Been
Some
Area
He
Been
Effective
Governor
Done
Where
Things
Number
For years, leaders in Columbus have launched an ideological attack on the working men and women of Ohio and their ability to collectively bargain for good wages and safe workplace conditions. That's wrong, and it has to stop.
Richard Cordray
Good
Women
Men
Men And Women
Collectively
Ability
Attack
Columbus
Wrong
Leaders
Safe
Ideological
Wages
Years
Conditions
Stop
Ohio
Working
Bargain
Workplace
Betty Sutton and I will make it a point to put state government back on the side of the middle class, not the wealthy and well-connected who have run the show at the statehouse for far too long.
Richard Cordray
Government
Class
Will
Long
Too
Side
State
State Government
Back
Run
Wealthy
Point
Put
Betty
Make
Middle
Middle Class
Far
Show
Who
I'm low key at times and really learning as a political figure to give more - show more of myself and be less buttoned down, which I was when I was a lawyer and I was when I was a federal regulator.
Richard Cordray
Myself
Learning
Key
Political
Lawyer
Down
Give
More
Federal
Times
Which
Low
Low-Key
Really
Show
Figure
Less
Regulator
If consumers are strong, if consumers are protected, if they can trust the marketplace and feel confident that they're not being cheated here and there, then consumers can drive this economy forward.
Richard Cordray
Trust
Strong
Drive
Marketplace
Consumers
Cheated
Feel
Economy
Protected
Confident
Being
Then
Forward
Here
When the consumer is strong, the American economy will be strong, so consumer protection actually serves economic growth and economic progress.
Richard Cordray
Progress
Strong
Protection
Will
Be Strong
Economic
Economic Growth
Consumer
Economy
American
American Economy
Serve
Actually
Growth
We're running in a primary election. What do you do? You go out and seek support. When you're getting support, that's good. When you're not getting support, that's bad.
Richard Cordray
Good
You
Election
Out
Bad
Running
Seek
Support
Primary
Go
Getting
I would prefer to be known as Richard the Lionhearted.
Richard Cordray
Would
Known
Prefer
Richard
We must respect women's personal decisions about their health, not dictate to them.
Richard Cordray
Health
Respect
Women
Must
About
Dictate
Personal
Decisions
Them
In Ohio, we must put fairness to people and their families first, ahead of powerful special interests.
Richard Cordray
People
First
Must
Put
Powerful
Fairness
Families
Ohio
Interests
Special
Special Interests
As governor, I would gladly sign legislation to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. Other states have led on these issues, and I firmly believe that Ohio must provide an inclusive, welcoming, and tolerant environment that is free of harassment and discrimination for everyone.
Richard Cordray
Free
Gender
Inclusive
Believe
Other
Prohibit
Everyone
States
Sign
Must
Would
Sexual
Gladly
Environment
Firmly
Welcoming
Issues
Provide
Led
Governor
Discrimination
Legislation
Ohio
Harassment
Tolerant
Orientation
Based
Our young people should not be put at risk and subject to unscientific and harmful actions such as 'conversion therapy.'
Richard Cordray
People
Young
Harmful
Our
Risk
Put
Subject
Conversion
Young People
Should
Therapy
Actions
I think we'll go through a period when there's a revival of concern about ethics. After Watergate, we got the Ethics in Government Act, which has a lot of additional regulations.
Richard Painter
Government
Watergate
Ethics
Think
Additional
About
Through
Period
Concern
Got
Go
Lot
Revival
After
Which
Act
Regulations
The course I teach, Professional Responsibility, was brought into law-school curriculums and required by most states for admission to the bar beginning in the 1970s.
Richard Painter
Responsibility
Beginning
States
Admission
Brought
Most
Course
Bar
Required
Teach
Professional
I think there is an overwhelming support for campaign finance reform, and that includes conservatives and Republicans. Where the problem is is with the leadership; with the politicians who are benefiting from the big campaign contributions, and the dark money in the electioneering communications and so forth.
Richard Painter
Finance
Leadership
Problem
Money
Dark
Big
Overwhelming
Politicians
Think
Conservatives
Benefiting
Support
Campaign
Campaign Contributions
Campaign Finance
Campaign Finance Reform
Reform
Contributions
Where
Republicans
Forth
Communications
Who
Having a representative democracy requires the confidence of the voters in the system. And if voters lose confidence in the system they can make some very bad decisions.
Richard Painter
Democracy
Confidence
Lose
System
Bad
Some
Having
Voters
Make
Very
Representative
Decisions
Requires
I am not going to apologize for my service to the country.
Richard Painter
Service
Country
Am
Going
Apologize
People knew Trump had strange relationships with the Russians even before he was elected. Consequently, there is every reason to investigate whether Donald Trump is a Russian asset.
Richard Painter
Strange
People
Before
Every
Relationships
Russian
Russians
Investigate
Had
He
Knew
Trump
Donald
Donald Trump
Whether
Elected
Reason
Even
Asset
Consequently
This is how the Russians have operated for years - they get the goods on people and then they can get you to do what they want. This is how someone like Donald Trump could be turned into a Russian asset.
Richard Painter
You
People
Russian
Someone
Russians
Could
Goods
Like
Operated
How
Years
Trump
Get
Donald
Donald Trump
Want
Turned
Then
Asset
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