We have not always agreed on every issue, but he has been a gentleman.
I think it is more related to economic factors like unemployment or housing price declines as to the States that are experiencing the greate...
We are in a crisis with this.
We want to figure out a way that it leaves the whole situation much better than when the mess started.
Well, I was going to say, I am going to turn to Tim Johnson, then Senator Tester, and I am going to forgo any questions I have.
I will also, at the appropriate time when we have a quorum, ask the Committee to fulfill its obligation of voting on the Diamond nomination ...
The fact that it is at 14 percent speaks of another larger--coming down to the point where whether or not someone is in default or not, that...
We need to examine the activities of the law firms that work for the servicers.
We need to examine the role of the regulators here.
We need to determine the extent of the problem.
The Committee will come to order. Let me first of all thank my colleagues and our witnesses for their patience and indulgence.
We have learned something very important since the days that I served in Vietnam. I served in Vietnam.
You have got to have a confirmable nominee, and we have got to get someone in place.
The legislation does not authorize the regulators to impose margin on end-users, those exempt entities that use swaps to hedge or mitigate c...
It is at risk in my view until we get someone in, running the place and demonstrating what it can do.
We have established an early warning system so that we never again find out that a financial product or practice is unsafe only after it has...
Thank you very much, Chairman Bair, and thank you again for your tremendous involvement over these many, many months.
we are well on our way to putting this, 'badly needed' Dodd-Frank Act into effect.
