I hope that this Committee and my colleagues do not make the mistake we too often make around here of letting the perfect get in the way of ...
Our failure to act now will guarantee that they are right.
what really troubles me about this is the matter that we have talked about, which is the difficulty and really ultimately the impossibility ...
A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.
Well done. Very important question.
we both share a desire to do something about this to help Congress uphold our constitutional responsibility for oversight.
I want to particularly welcome our colleague from Georgia, Senator Johnny Isakson, whom we will get to momentarily.
It almost seems we have no memory on these things because it comes back over and over again and people just seem to believe these things are...
Historically, safety and soundness, an important function, always trumps consumer protection.
I thought it would be important for us, in light of all the things that are going on and the efforts of this Committee over a number of mont...
We examine, obviously, the catastrophic problem that has undercut the financial security of millions of American families and nearly destroy...
The cosponsorship of this bill is available to members, and Senator Isakson will welcome anyone who wants to join us in this effort.
The current homebuyer tax credit is working but is set to expire at the end of November.
Many feel as though if you could do something on principal forgiveness, making it possible for that value, the equity to be able to increase...
The Committee will come to order again this morning, and let me welcome everyone to the Committee hearing this morning.
But we also recognize that we have got to reform this fundamentally, and how we do that is still open to some debate.
But we all recognize, I think most of us do, the value they are playing right now in terms of stabilizing the market.
I know Senator Isakson shares that view, so we are interested in hearing what you have to say about that.
