Political Quotes

David Schweikert: America should be the leader in financial regulation, and not allow a 'you first' mentality to put Americans' financial…

On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
America should be the leader in financial regulation, and not allow a 'you first' mentality to put Americans' financial security in jeopardy yet again.
Said by
David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

He emphasizes the need for U.S. leadership in financial regulation to protect economic security.

Share

More from David Schweikert

Jul 23, 2025

In the next decade, the vast majority of debt is driven by interest and healthcare costs. We are often very uncomfortable talking about it. Let's actually talk about things that are great and that if we would get the policy right, we could…

govinfo.gov
May 6, 2025

I could almost hear the joy from my staff saying: Hey, it is only 30 minutes this time, not an hour. Mr. Speaker, I want to do just a handful of things. One of these days we are going to have not enough noise about the facts, the numbers…

govinfo.gov
Jun 26, 2025

we are having a really exciting discussion with my buddy of how CBO actually does scoring on things. I was trying to explain that some of the things we consider absurd are actually our fault because it is the law that we have passed to…

govinfo.gov
Jul 23, 2025

First off, in August, Republicans are going to go out and tell the morality of people's taxes not going up next year. What we did in the reconciliation budget: incentives to invest in America, to build new plants of equipment, for working…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation