doi:10.7916/j05z-3y23Oral history interview with Elizabeth Warren, 2022Warren, Elizabethoral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesConsumer protection--Law and legislation--United StatesPredatory lending--Law and legislation--United StatesWarren, ElizabethObama, BarackTroubled Asset Relief Program (U.S.)United StatesUnited States. Congressional Oversight PanelUnited States. Consumer Financial Protection BureauDodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActElizabeth Warren discusses her advocacy for financial reform and consumer protection during and around the years of the Obama presidency, and shares memories from her service as chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) from 2008 to 2010, and assistant to the president and special advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from 2010 to 2011. Warren focuses on financial industry predatory lending and its effects on working-class and poor Americans, and describes the development of her advocacy for a new federal industry that could enforce existing laws and protect consumers. She provides details about her encounters with Barack Obama and Obama administration officials around the development of the financial reform proposals that became the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, industry lobbying against the inclusion of the consumer protection agency in the legislation, the process of standing-up the CFPB following the passage of Dodd-Frank, Republican opposition to her prospective appointment as CFPB director, and the effects that the CFPB has had on the U.S. economy and consumer finance. Also discussed are Obama's personal commitment to combatting predatory finance, his encouragement of Warren to run for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, the power of the president to define the content of legislation, and the different perspectives of the federal agencies Warren has gained from her service in both the executive and legislative branches