Jim Bunning: “What steps has the Department taken to ensure that all claims approved by the Department of Energy's physician panels…”

This is a stunning case, knowing that the SEC has changed hands and things, that they would not jump down this after the Madoff--Bernie--after his case hit the papers.

You need a change in the law then.

Is that not just kind of a transferring of what we cannot pay for and what our excesses are presently to my children and grandchildren? Is that not kind of a wealth transfer or a debt transfer?

Have we ever been successful in raising taxes to help our economy in a recession?