"It sounds fundamentally undemocratic that you don't have someone independently counting the ballots and that a majority is not required."
"It is extraordinary, and it is wrong, and the American public is on to it."
"I commend Congressman Nadler and Chairman Leahy for introducing twin bills on this issue."
"Thank you for holding this hearing on the Uniting American Families Act, which seeks to fix a fundamental injustice."
"The move towards replacing State regulatory authority with Federal... is seriously misplaced and misguided."
"That would suggest that we should reinstate the Glass Steagall Act, doesn't it?"
"you should never have been involved in derivatives. It was Glass Steagall that gave you the opportunity to get involved in derivatives."
"So much of our taxpayer money in TARP and the bailouts of AIG and others have gone to private institutions."
"Let Goldman repay its bailout and use that money where it is really needed, in our local communities."
"Restoring the value of these Lehman bonds is perhaps the fastest way to bring relief to communities across America."
"The bill deals just directly with losses incurred because of the Lehman investments."
"The distinction that is being made is that these are taxpayer funds that were invested in A1 and A instrumentalities, both notes and bonds, and that these taxpayers should be repaid."