Spencer Bachus: “The past is the prologue of the future.”

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…

Does that make what the President did constitutional if it is unconstitutional?

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…

However, my continued concern is that the program threatens to dry up legitimate sources of credit and financing.