I believe we are grappling here in the Banking Committee with maybe the most challenging, complex piece of legislation o...
If an insurance company is involved in derivatives on the national, international scale, how could States regulate them?
I think we have got ourselves in a real jam in this country when we come up with the doctrine of 'too big to fail' and t...
But I believe if we enshrine--and that is where we are headed--the 'too-big-to-fail doctrine,' we are going to have prob...
These events revealed that comprehensive insurance regulation must be a part of our reform effort.
What statute is violated? How is there jurisdiction in the United States to try such a case in a civilian court?
I do not believe that is true. I do not believe that is fair.
I think this idea that somehow the world is condemning our procedures for handling enemy combatants is not legitimate.
I will vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
A fourth Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he will vote against Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
I believe that it would be legislative malfeasance to simply tell a particular regulator to manage all financial risk wi...
Look, I can see this is a huge thing for the Government to somehow force a person who has loaned somebody a bunch of mon...
I do not think there is any doubt that they could become skittish in the future if they do not know what Congress next w...
I think it sends the absolutely wrong message.
Senator Durbin has been an articulate leader on the question.
we do not want to help people now at the cost of the future economy.
But I would stress if it is solely a case of where you have a negative equity and, you know, your income stayed the same...
We have a national interest in and the banks have an interest in not having too many houses fall on the market and colla...