Mark Kelly

I have to tell you, coming from the private sector, I never had the luxury of having the Government underwrite loans for me; I have always had to provide my own capital, had to provide my own character, had to provide everything from the…

I think the other thing that is very important to understand is that we talk about competing in the global economy. Now, our friends to the north in Canada do not have a death tax. Our friends to the south in Mexico do not have a death…

This is either inept, an inept Administration, or people who truly don't actually know at all how to treat the American people fairly.

This health care bill is going to cost an awful lot of money.

I can't tell you how uncertain most employers are today as to what is it going to cost them as employers, as business owners.

They have absolutely no idea what it is going to cost them.

Estimates of this loss and economic espionage are hard to make, but they range anywhere from $2 billion to $400 billion a year.

Now China is the world's most active and persistent perpetrator of economic espionage.

Unfortunately though, change doesn't usually take place unless there is a tragedy or a crisis.

I don't think there is anybody on the dais today that would question the desire to make sure that people were safe all the time.

Those the United States is taking a lead in, we are starting to talk about these things in such an open forum.

I applaud you for what you are doing, I thank you for having this hearing and Mr. Connolly, these are the things that we really can make a difference in.

When we talk about response rate, the American public oftentimes feels we are being gamed.

When we start telling people about openness, transparency and everybody will have access to almost everything and anything you want and anytime you want it, I understand.

Those are very strong words. I completely agree with President Obama's statements.

It just seems to me that so far we don't have a very good positive rate of return on what we have invested.

Just because you happen to be sitting in a position that is benefiting from years, years of technology coming now into fruition.

The American people expect all of us to honestly assess the investments we have made and chart a course for the future.

I really would suggest that it is really not the pain at the pump that is affecting a lot of the comments anymore, it is the pain at the polls.

Because all individuals who have earned our greatest respect and absolute gratitude is those who defend us.

And the fact that we have men and women who are in harm's way defending this great Nation while their families were being improperly, you know, provided for regarding their home mortgages is outrageous.

Because I will tell you, in my district one of the concerns that has been raised to me is while we help those who have been wrongly harmed by bad faith in the lending industry, we do so in a way that does not unfairly hurt those who have…

I know and you know.

I believe individuals and families and small businesses make those decisions.

I was appalled by that, and whatever that person's motivation is, I apologize for it.