"If I could, we specifically don't deal with pension funds. So it is not our intention to see pension funds reimbursed."
"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."
"When you look at what we are asking for here, it is about $1.7 billion nationwide."
"If I recall correctly, the investments that were being made in Orange County would not be defined as prudent; is that correct?"
"So you are really trying to suggest that their prudent activity was linked to Mr. Citron's very imprudent investment policies."
"But you have attempted to establish that somehow what happened to Orange County should happen to these jurisdictions."
"I did listen to his entire testimony, and my interpretation was that he was suggesting that if Orange County made some bad mistakes and they kind of swallowed hard and dealt with it, then these jurisd..."
"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..."
"I think those are the tough decisions you have to make every day, and clearly those decisions keep coming."
"The difference is these are taxpayer entities, and we want taxpayer money to be returned to these taxpayer entities."
"We want to make those who were taxpayer entities, local jurisdictions, be able to be made whole with TARP money."
"I urge the Committee to strongly consider adopting the President's request to reform our health care system"