Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to thank my colleague. I would say the reason I think it is important to have a vote is because for days and days and days, my friend, the Senator from Connecticut, and my friend, the Senator from Virginia, were down on this floor defending this bill and making it clear that this would finally put an end to too big to fail; that, in fact, taxpayers are not going to be on the hook. We are going to wind these companies down and they are going to have to be gone. They are going to go to sleep. They are going to be gone. They are going to be liquidated, and then taxpayers are going to be made whole. This is clear. Our colleagues on the other side were all over national television. I don't know how many times they said this bill is ensuring that there will be more taxpayer bailouts. That is why I wrote this. It seems to me a little odd that we are waiting and waiting. Since our friends say they want an amendment such as this, why don't we get started. There are lots of amendments on both sides of the aisle, some of which will make this bill stronger, in my opinion, and some of which will make this bill weaker, in my opinion. We will do what the Senate does. We will debate these issues. I know my friend is waiting. It seems to me that if we are going to this crisis--and I ask to show the charts--we cannot sit around here day after day and waste time.…”