Jim Bunning
The Public Record
Jim Bunning is a former United States Senator from Kentucky, serving from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Bunning was known for his strong conservative positions and advocacy for fiscal responsibility. Before his political career, he was a professional baseball player, notably a pitcher in Major League Baseball, where he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. Bunning's tenure in the Senate included a focus on issues such as energy policy and workers' compensation reform, often criticizing the Department of Energy's handling of compensation programs for workers.
Oct 7, 2009
There comes a time when my 40 grandkids are going to get tired of paying for our excesses.
Oct 7, 2009
It has been over a year since the creation of your agency, yet you still do not have an Inspector General.
Oct 7, 2009
There is no question that the Congress pushed Freddie and Fannie to make these loans.
Oct 6, 2009
Without reform of bank capital standards, rating agencies, and housing subsidies like the GSEs, is there any way the private asset-backed security market will ever return?
Oct 6, 2009
Right now there is no basic private securitization market, especially for mortgages.
Oct 6, 2009
I can tell you when Chairman Greenspan and Chairman Bernanke came before this Banking Committee as a whole, they were all warned about it.
Oct 6, 2009
Probably the biggest factor that led to the problems in the securitization market were artificial demand created by bank capital rules favoring highly rated securities over whole loans.
Oct 6, 2009
the Congress of the United States gave that power to the Federal Reserve and expected them to completely fulfill their obligation in oversight of the mortgage market.