I would say of course they have an advantage. They have taxpayer-insured deposits and access to the discount window.
But it would be if deposits were diverted into hedge fund investing rather than making loans to small businesses.
Does anyone on this panel think that Bruno Iksil, the 'London Whale,' woke up each day trying to mitigate the risk?
In today's struggling economy, we are looking at a market that is working, and let's keep it that way.
Gone are the days when consumers were limited to radio and just television; and gone, too, should be the archaic policie...
We oppose a mandate for FM chips in cell phones but also the current effort should simply get a study.
We applaud you, Representative Eshoo and Congressman Issa, for introducing House Concurrent Resolution 42 which opposes ...
In an economy with fewer jobs than job-seekers, would it not make sense to give the States more credit for moving a publ...
I think the focus that you and the staff have been putting on poverty and particularly the opportunities to address thes...
If we are not vigilant, just might break the Internet by subjecting it to an international regulatory regime.
Thank you not only for your leadership on this issue but your testimony today and your encouragement on our bipartisan r...
I am concerned about the process and getting a good plan that is better than that the last sort of random plan that didn...
I am a bit puzzled and concerned here.
I understand that. I have been on this committee 26 years, and as I have said many times, there is only one agency worse...
Now is the time to execute a serious game plan that deals with those who would put international politics ahead of an op...
If this power grab is successful, I am concerned that the next Arab Spring will instead become a Russia Winter where fre...
I urge the administration to continue the United States' commitment to the Internet's collaborative governance structure...
I appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle continuing to wrestle with this issue of mortgages.
