What is the end game with AIG, as you see it? More taxpayers' money floating their business and----

Has not worked.

Isn't it--when an entity is too big to fail, haven't we failed already.

It seems to me that when we get to, whether it be in AIG or certain banking institutions that have been defined, that they create systemic risks to our overall economy because they are too big to fail.

But up until now, to be honest, wasn't the drive to basically say, leave the marketplace to act on its own, and if consolidation took place, so be it, under the presumption that the regulators were going to keep it in check.

The consolidation took place in such a way that entities became so big that they are too big to fail.

Isn't it equally important to recognize that maybe the earliest and most fundamental failure that led to our current crisis... is a lack of consumer protection.

Isn't that something that we should be concerned about as we look forward in terms of these set of circumstances.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for calling this hearing. I know we are holding a series of hearings here to build a record, and I think you are leading the way.

Instead of saying boroughs, you should have said parishes. I would have understood that completely. Let us talk English here.

It almost seems like there is a prejudice against this process that is not based upon science.

Then I will say that, because there is also a presumption that offshore oil and gas exploration hurts coral reefs.

Now, I may interrupt, because I gathered that. And you are not from Louisiana, and I think we have the most productive fisheries in the lower 48.

It has been an enormous honor for me to have a small role in establishing the Global Food Security Act of 2009.

the most critical requirement for a renewed U.S. effort in the fight against global poverty is leadership

Hunger and malnutrition remain the No. 1 risk to health worldwide.

It has been a goal of our country, and of other countries, to try to alleviate this crisis and the suffering that it causes.

This is an opportunity to reintroduce America as a leader in the world and a force for positive change.