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It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess. And I think that it is -- it is going to be part of the…
This is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess.
This should not be the whole kitchen sink in this thing. It is important to try to have this be as clean as possible, and not try to have the earmarks, not try to have all these add-ones.
Presidents are going have to deal with more than one thing at a time. It is not necessary for us to think that we can only do one thing and suspend everything else.
Now is a time to come together, Democrats and Republicans in a spirit of cooperation for the sake of the American people. The plan that has been submitted to Congress by the Bush administration is flawed. But the effort to protect the…
We can ask taxpayers to make an investment in the stability of our economy but we cannot ask them to hand their money over to Wall Street without some expectation of being made whole.
Does that mean that I can do everything that I've called for in this campaign? Probably not. Right away, probably not, I think we're going to have to phase it in.
I go back to Secretary Paulson and say, let's work.
Does that mean that I can do everything that I have called for in this campaign... Probably not.
After the economy recovers, we should institute a financial stability fee on the entire financial services industry to repay any losses to the American people and make sure we are never asked again to foot the bill for Wall Street's…
Now is the time for Americans to unite on behalf of the strong sanctions that are needed to increase pressure on the Iranian regime.
The threat from Iran's nuclear program is grave.
The security of our ally Israel is too important to play partisan politics.
I strongly condemn President Ahmadinejad's outrageous remarks at the United Nations.
Your voices should speak louder than the whispers of lobbyists.
Change in Washington is what we need right now.
The change we need doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington.
The era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and in Washington has led us to a perilous moment.