"the failure of the credit rating agencies were essential cogs in the wheel of financial destruction"
"Dodd-Frank redirects the CFTC to adopt commodity position limits in order to prevent excessive price fluctuation and, of course, deliberate market manipulation."
"So it is worse for home buyers, worse for home sellers, worse for communities, and worse for the taxpayer."
"It is a buyer's market. We need to take advantage of this buyer's market, and at some point if these owners instead use their legal entitlements to put up mansions, we will never be able to restore th..."
"I believe in foreign aid development because it is the right thing to do. But we are told to go to our districts and sell it as a necessary component in the war on terrorism, something we do for our n..."
"Unfortunately, we live in an unreasonable world. Poverty does not correlate with international terrorism."
"So simple poverty alleviation itself cannot be justified as a good investment in our, in the global war on terrorism."
"First, I want to join the gentleman from Illinois in expressing my concern and solidarity with the people of American Samoa at this time."
"The United States will be hosting the APEC conference in 2011, and I hope that we will host it in Los Angeles."
"I am very concerned about the trade deficit we have with that region."
"Our Government has not been representing the interests of the American people."
"There is no excuse for that."