Were you ordered to give them the $2.2 billion by the Federal Reserve?
Mr. Chairman, I would very much like to ask that the committee use its subpoena power to obtain those records.
Mr. Liddy, as a member of the board of Goldman Sachs through last September, were you involved in any of the meetings or discussions leading...
I think it's important for us to unwind back to the beginning of what happened.
J.P. Morgan Chase got $1.6 billion, Bank of America got $12 billion, Citigroup got $2.3 billion.
What you've done to middle America is a sacrilege.
Many and also many of which, most of which, have gotten counter-party funds through the AIG transactions through the Fed.
You have no conceivable idea of the damage you have done and are doing.
I want the historical development of that division.
The American people have now given AIG nearly $200 billion, and I guess others have stated we own about 79.9 percent of AIG.
Well, you've given them $2.2 billion.
Have you paid the taxpayers back any of the money that they have lent you to date?
It's very interesting to see who got funds, when they're responsible for three-quarters of the subprime mess in the housing market that this...
But in any case, you have a direct interest in Goldman Sachs. You have a financial interest in Goldman Sachs.
But to exclude the major defense--it is OK to exclude the major defense contractors because credit is not--I mean, we have--there is a limit...
I remember the appointment, and it just sort of did not really work out.
He had problems with his airplane getting here--not his airplane. USAir's airplane.
Opening statement of Senator Brown