May 10, 2011
It seems like that's an ideal opportunity for academia to team with industry to bring treatments to patients faster.
Richard Shelby
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Richard Shelby is a former United States Senator from Alabama, serving from January 3, 1987, until January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Shelby was known for his work on various committees, including Appropriations and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Throughout his tenure, he focused on issues such as military funding, economic development, and infrastructure improvements in Alabama.
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May 10, 2011
I believe the need for an entity to straddle the world's research and industry is clear.
May 10, 2011
As research becomes more expensive and private capital dries up, I believe it's critical to ensure support for translational research.
May 9, 2011
That is, it sits in the taxpayer's lap, like it is today, Fannie and Freddie--and privatize the profits. That is a dangerous situation, is it not?
May 9, 2011
So while the bank crisis grew underneath their feet, they continued to sleep in a sense or look the other way.
May 9, 2011
We do not have an implicit guarantee, we have an explicit, because Fannie and Freddie are sitting in the taxpayer's lap right now.
May 9, 2011
The less people have in the game, the less skin or money they have in the game, the chances are toward a default?
May 9, 2011
I have been on the Committee 25 years and I can say under both Democrats and Republican chairmen that my recollection is that it has been one of fairness both ways on this Committee, and I believe it will always be.
May 9, 2011
I think those are important, because, Mr. Chairman, we are looking for a bipartisan deal here, as you well know.
May 9, 2011
For some, the Commission's report represents a comprehensive record of the crisis. For me, it represents a missed opportunity.
May 9, 2011
The Commission's statutory mission was, and I will quote, 'to examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States.'
May 9, 2011
Mr. Chairman, because this analyst was presented with the same research available to you--I hope it was the same--and found it credible enough to change his position, why have you not changed your position--or have you?--on the GSEs' role…
May 4, 2011
One of the criticisms of our current housing finance system is that it encourages borrowing and accumulation of debt rather than the building of equity.
May 4, 2011
Clearly, some changes could be made to ensure that we are helping the greatest--I think that is your goal--the greatest number of needy families in the most efficient, cost saving manner possible.
May 4, 2011
Any time we can access capital by putting prime in the pump, putting some money in and, say, accessing two-thirds more or something like that, I think we are making big progress.
May 4, 2011
Our Nation's debt, as the Chairman has alluded to, is on an unsustainable path. We all know this.
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