>> maybe she should write a letter now to a country that no longer exists. the real subtext here is this is a formidable intellectual with an incredible vision of financial regulation. she's had very little chance to speak for herself and tell her story until today when she defended herself from the senator's attack. >> i don't mean any disrespect. i don't know whether to call you professor or comrade. >> senator, i'm not a communist. i do not subscribe to that ideology. i could not choose where i was born. i did not -- i do not remember joining any facebook group that subscribes to that ideology. i would never knowingly join any such group. there is no record of me ever actually participating in any marxist or communist discussions of any kind. my family suffered under the