Spencer Bachus: “I guess if the devil wanted to run for Congress, we could not prevent that either.”

The program also can deny legitimate merchants access to financial networks they need to survive.

The intent of Operation Choke Point may have carried a purpose that we would all agree with, and that is to prevent financial fraud.

I would simply recognize Mr. Petri's and Ms. Tsongas' contributions in helping Mr. Kilmer with this amendment--and there may be others. I want to express to the full committee chair our appreciation for supporting this amendment, and I…

Again, I thank the chairmen, the ranking members, and their staff for putting this together. The resolution process for financial institutions is one of the pieces of unfinished business from the 2008 financial crisis, and we will finish…