We are in crisis. People are sober. There is a sense of community here that often does not exist in the Congress.
Inject money into the institutions, require them to rework the bad loans, and have them do the workouts.
I must say I was directly involved in the farm credit crisis, and one thing I would like is to have you go back and have...
Government can do a lot of things. It does not manage property well.
I think it is very, very important what Senator Bunning was talking about.
Absent the first TARP, the system would have collapsed.
$350 billion is a staggering amount of money. Staggering.
There have got to be prosecutions of criminal wrongdoing, and it is breathtaking.
I share the assessment of Senator Conrad and Dr. Johnson that the IMF's forecast for mildly positive global growth is op...
the key is getting it out into the economy now.
I think I agree with Senator Conrad on this.
A handful of people created, through excessive greed and dishonestly creating all of these esoteric financial tools whic...
Senator Gregg's nomination to be the Commerce Secretary represents a great loss for the U.S. Senate and a great gain for...
The debt of the United States doubled over the last 8 years. It is set to, I believe, double again in the next 8 unless ...
I think they have got a heavy burden to carry to make the argument that we should add substantial costs to health care.
If the first $350 billion had not gone out, I believe the financial system would be in collapse today.
I believe it is absolutely essential, once we have economic recovery underway, that we pivot and take on our long-term i...
CBO's estimate showed the deficit in 2009 would be approximately $1.2 trillion, and that is before any policy changes.
