I think the hearing is necessary so that any discussion concerning the financial losses of the public entity victims of ...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for that wonderful added note to you, to Ranking Member--
these were very conservative investments, and these public entities are required by law to spread out their portfolios a...
one of the purposes of TARP is to help local governments, especially those impacted by the decision to allow Lehman to c...
the bill that Congresswoman Speier introduced, and I am proud to be an original cosponsor of, is very direct.
State Department officials have known about these vulnerabilities for many years, but have failed to fully secure the pr...
The State Department did not identify the counterfeit birth certificates or the counterfeit driver's licenses.
When the GAO uncovered in its investigation--what it uncovered I think is very alarming.
We cannot put out passports that are gained with fraudulent documents, ever.
Now, the question arises: How many passports are out there that were wrongly issued and are being used by those seeking ...
The State Department failed to clear all four of these passports through the Social Security number clearance check--fir...
I have also been on both sides of arbitration. Arbitration has gotten it right, and then also I have lost.
troubling and unacceptable
My view is that no passport should be issued until these checks are complete.
The distinction that is being made is that these are taxpayer funds that were invested in A1 and A instrumentalities, bo...
Let Goldman repay its bailout and use that money where it is really needed, in our local communities.
The bill deals just directly with losses incurred because of the Lehman investments.
So much of our taxpayer money in TARP and the bailouts of AIG and others have gone to private institutions.
