if he is frustrated, then I must be devastated because when I look at the Chicago experience and I look at the fact that we have actually gotten worse by 95 additional days

Each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries, and threaten our planet.

Flood waters crested at 34 feet in Fargo and exceeded record levels in some areas.

continuing resolutions do hamper movement into projected budget activity for the coming year or even the year that we might be in.

charity begins at home and spreads abroad, so I have got to be concerned about Chicago.

Mr. John, did we make a mistake capping the interest rate that could be charged to members of the U.S. military at 36 percent?

I think that is an experience most of us would run into, and the point I am trying to get to is that buried within those credit card agreements are a lot of traps.

I have introduced legislation that would give consumers leverage to negotiate for reasonable rates with their lenders and ban abusive lenders from using the bankruptcy court system to enforce their excessive interest claims.

I do believe that they are a cold-blooded bunch, that they do desire to make maximum profits.

If you can get those words out of your mouth, you and I do not have anything to talk about.

That might have been a pretty healthy thing to do.

And, of course, they are facing interest rates with those credit cards which can be astronomical.

I think that the credit card contracts that we are given as consumers are easily understood?

We need to have an agency that is looking out for consumers, saying this is a toxic instrument, you should not be allowed to sell this in America.

bankruptcy is one of the greatest things that can happen for poor people in America.

Credit cards are important, I have a wallet full of them, too. But I think they have gone way too far.

Isn't that the last gasp? I mean, when everything is falling apart, they max out the credit cards to try to hang on, hoping that things may turn around if they cannot?

Now is the time to work together to restore the sustained growth that can only come from open and stable markets that harness innovation, support entrepreneurship and advance opportunity.