Brad Sherman

It is amazing that it wasn't much, much worse.

Imagine how harsh they will be to a girl whose father was in the Afghan Army trying to kill the Taliban.

He saw it in 2020 when President Donald Trump announced that we would be out by May 1 of 2021.

I hope my colleagues will support my legislation to require Americans to register if they go to a war zone.

The system we have now would be for baseball as if the home team selected the umpire.

To say that things should be deliberately confusing shows a contempt for ordinary Americans.

If I am in a bond fund, they send me a list of all of the bonds they own and the ratings.

I strongly disagree with Mr. Linnell when he says that it is just fine if a rating is expressed as big A, small A, three, epsilon, omega, or something else equally confusing.

The rating agencies inflated mortgage-backed securities and other asset-based securities, and that this was a primary cause of the 2008 financial crisis.

We need bond rating agencies and we need reliable ones.

The people think that the most important institutions at the national level are the President and Congress. I believe that they are the Federal Reserve, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and the bond rating agencies.

Americans say the economy is the most important thing. In a free market system, the allocation of capital is the most important thing in the economy.

I want to thank the chairwoman for noticing that bill for this hearing.

I am honored to have you here. And I am thrilled to say the words, 'Secretary Fudge.'

Of course, as I pointed out in my opening statement, and thank you, Mr. Chairman, for allowing me to make an opening statement...

I want to commend Rashida Tlaib for talking about the effect on our planet.

Those in the cryptocurrency space are naturally pro-crypto. Their fortunes, their relevance, and their fame depends upon the success of cryptocurrency.

I join with Mr. Luetkemeyer at least in being a bit concerned about a Federal credit reporting agency.

I am even more concerned about what the government can do.

To our allies around the world President Trump's wavering sowed doubt about the United States commitment to NATO and our other strategic partnerships.

During the Trump administration many in Congress, including myself, were concerned about President Trump's lack of a clear outward commitment to our obligation to Article 5, the central tenet of NATO and our collective self-defense.

Making life better for tax evaders and making sure the top 1 percent both evade law and evade jail is something that will be well-paid for in our society.

Those are the weasel words that have upset me so much.

We are seeing an era of what could be called authoritarianism and imperialism with Chinese characteristics.

How tough are we being on those who tell us that they share our values?