Jackie Speier actually said...

"I feel it is highly inequitable to use TARP funding to shore up banks and to bail out failing corporations but fail to protect agencies' taxpayer dollars."

"So you are really trying to suggest that their prudent activity was linked to Mr. Citron's very imprudent investment policies."

"So you, then, would not be opposed to having TARP moneys being spent to bail out Wall Street companies, but you have an objection to having TARP moneys used to bail out local jurisdictions; is that co..."

"We want to make those who were taxpayer entities, local jurisdictions, be able to be made whole with TARP money."