Josh Hawley Quotes

The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the consumers and the producers.

It is right to intervene when markets are not working and people are getting hurt.

My job at the CFPB, as President Obama told me when he interviewed me, was to stand on the side of people in the financial marketplace and see that they were treated fairly.

Anything that benefits the public and not just big banking, that's what I'm with.

As consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation.

I'm not averse to helping Wall Street when it helps Main Street.

Financial inclusion matters not only because it promotes growth, but because it helps ensure prosperity is widely shared. Access to financial services plays a critical role in lifting people out of poverty, in empowering women, and in helping governments deliver services to their people.

If women had better access to the financial system - even so much as a basic deposit account at a bank - it would be a major step in the direction of greater wealth and greater economic empowerment.

Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

The economy must provide justice as well as prosperity.

We need to create an economy that works for everyone, not crony capitalism and unchecked corporate consolidation.

It is not true at all that a free market will ensure a democracy. It doesn't. There must be a balance between a free market and some regulations which are essential in order to safeguard the interests of consumers and of people in general.

We're trying to improve the consumer financial marketplace one American at a time.

We need a president who will stand up for the CFPB and get it back into fighting shape. It is too important to be allowed to disintegrate.

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.

We marked a milestone for consumer empowerment when we began to publish consumer complaint narratives which allow people to share in their own words their experiences in the consumer financial marketplace.

There's enough wealth in the world that no one should go without.

Money is like manure. It's most effective when it's spread around widely.

We owe it to consumers to treat their dollars with respect and to double- and triple-check our assumptions about complex marketplaces rather than getting locked into a regulatory tunnel vision that will ultimately leave consumers with fewer, more expensive choices.

I support social market economy. But it only works if there is fair competition.

What I feel is that we need an independent consumer watchdog. You have regular people who have problems with big financial companies. How do they get relief? And you need somebody who's gonna stand on their side and level the playing field for them.

I was brought up on the proletarian left, and I remain there. The fair go for workers is fundamental, and I don't believe the free market has a mind.

We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.