Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this is good news we just received that our Republican colleagues have decided to allow us to proceed to the debate on the Wall Street reform bill. I was, frankly, confused as to why they were objecting. But in any event, without going through that, I am very pleased they have backed down in terms of their objection because we want to get to this bill. Many of us have ways we feel it can be made stronger. I bet there will be some amendments to make it weaker. And that is what the process is all about. The most important thing for the American people to know tonight is that an issue of critical importance is moving forward in the Senate. I think it is important for us to remember the real reasons as to why we are taking up this bill. Even though it is painful to review the dark times of 2008, when our economy and the world economy were really on the brink, I believe it is important for us to do that review. I asked my staff to put together some of the headlines from those days. We are going to go through a couple of charts and I will read a few of them, because we need to remember what it was like in those dark moments in our history. Here is a picture of a Wall Street trader and he is under a headline that says ``Black Monday.'' It was at a moment when the first bailout happened.…”