I said, 'Why did you allow Lehman to go down?' And he said, 'That is a whole different conversation that we will have to have at another time.'

I would like to get a response from them, and any effort that we can make on this committee to get Treasury to respond to this issue, I think, is really important.

I believe that Treasury already has the power to do what we are asking.

The Treasury's decision to let Lehman fail is causing catastrophic losses to many localities, resulting in job losses, termination of ongoing construction projects, and elimination or reduction in critical services.

Nothing in the mail pouch and no return phone calls.

Chairman Frank rightly called these public entities, 'the unfair victims of this financial crisis.'

What I said stands.