Does anyone on this panel think that Bruno Iksil, the 'London Whale,' woke up each day trying to mitigate the risk?

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.

From a common citizen's point of view, when they look at the fate of Long-Term Capital Management, MF Global, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and a host of institutions that survived only because we bailed them out, I think the case…

The problem of accountability that Senator Grassley addressed earlier... raises the concern that I think the Justice Department is perhaps the hardest job...

I join Senator Grassley in expressing deep concern about what appears to be a troubling lack of accountability at the Department of Justice.

It seems to be that there is some sort of coordinated effort to leak classified information, which, of course, jeopardizes the sources of that information...

As a prosecutor and Deputy Attorney General of the United States, does it trouble you that current and former advisers of the President would talk to reporters and disclose classified information about this highly sensitive program?

Just looking at the article in the New York Times on the so-called Kill List and the President's personal participation in that process...

Mr. President, we often hear refrains of the need to make government policies more fair, clear, or simple--especially when these policies involve the collection of fees or taxes. Today I rise to introduce legislation to fix an inherently…

If confirmed, do you believe that a special prosecutor or special counsel would be warranted?

Are you aware or can you confirm that Mr. Axelrod participated in that? And wouldn't that concern you?

My concern really comes from our independent constitutional responsibility to provide oversight of the Federal Government, including the Department of Justice.

But I also would join Senator Grassley in expressing concern that as part of the investigation into the botched gunrunning operation known as Fast and Furious that the Department has unfortunately misled Congress.

the opportunities are really off the charts for job creation in both countries and that region of the world.

the alliance that we have, right now, with South Korea is so critical both from a business standpoint and a geopolitical standpoint

We are in a battle, globally, and would you want to just explain the global market to Westinghouse.

If this agreement is allowed to lapse, or if we cannot conclude agreements with other countries for one reason or another, other countries will step in and take that.