Consumer Protection Quotes

• The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection.

  Mike Johanns

  Goal, Sound, Protection

  "Exclusive: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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• One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard to get and just aren't available for regular people like you and I.

  Matthew Lesko

  Government, People, Boards

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• As part of my efforts to fight identity theft, I worked with my colleagues on the Financial Services Committee to strengthen consumer protection with a reasonable notification requirement.

  Melissa Bean

  Fighting, Effort, Identity

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• The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.

  David Ogilvy

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

  Confessions of an Advertising Man (1963) ch. 5

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• Instead of gutting consumer protection, we should be expanding it.

  Hillary Clinton

  Protection, Should, Expanding

  Hillary Clinton's Remarks From a Rally in Toledo, Ohio, time.com. October 3, 2016.

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• The essence of globalization is a subordination of human rights, of labor rights, consumer, environmental rights, democracy rights, to the imperatives of global trade and investment.

  Ralph Nader

  Rights, Essence, Democracy

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• Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller banks.

  Judd Gregg

  Safety, Community, Banking

  "Financial Regulatory Reform: Washington 'Going Stupid' Again?". "On the Record", www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2010.

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• I agree with people who say we want more income equality; we want more consumer protection; and we want sounder banks. I agree with all that.

  Jamie Dimon

  People, Income, Want

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• Different groups are differentially vulnerable to advertising; and their vulnerability varies not so much with the character or quantity of advertisements as with the informational resources they can claim by age, education, station in life, and government guarantees of consumer protection.

  Michael Schudson

  Character, Government, Age

  Michael Schudson (2013). “Advertising, The Uneasy Persuasion (RLE Advertising): Its Dubious Impact on American Society”, p.16, Routledge

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• The question is how do you do it [more consumer protection] so that it actually works that way? And that takes analysis, and sometimes collaboration between government and business, to understand how that works.

  Jamie Dimon

  Government, Way, Collaboration

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• I called for a consumer protection financial bureau before it was created. And I think the best evidence that the Wall Street people at least know where I stand and where I have always stood is because they are trying to beat me in this primary.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wall, Thinking, People

  "Transcript of the Democratic Presidential Debate". www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

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• ... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give the Treasury Department health and safety authority over the gun industry, and any rational regulator with that authority would ban handguns.

  Josh Sugarmann

  Gun, Safety, Giving

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• As a senator, I raised the alarm about sub prime mortgages. I fought to hold reckless manufacturers accountable for toxic toys and household products that threaten our kids. I introduced legislation to protect Americans' personal data and combat identity theft. So as president, I will make consumer protection a top priority across the entire government.

  Hillary Clinton

  Kids, Government, Data

  Source: time.com

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