It happened in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. It was during the time that the SEC had reduced the number of enforcement actions in this country by 80 percent--now, I said 80 percent--and the number of disgorgement actions by some 60 percent…

Well, if the gentleman would yield, those statistics make the case better than anything we could say or do. Under Christopher Cox, who was then the SEC Chairman and a former Member of this very body who was appointed during the Bush…

That's correct. So, to answer your question ``are they supportive of it?'' you bet they're not, because they want the status quo to continue as they continue to reap the benefits of the status quo with billions of dollars in bonuses and…

If the gentleman would yield, in the discussion today in the Financial Services Committee on Lehman's--now, mind you, this is an examiner who has been appointed by the court to go through 5 million e- mails and documents, and his report…

Thank you. I thank the gentleman from the great State of California. You know, today we had a hearing in the Financial Services Committee in which we looked at sort of an autopsy of Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers is particularly…

Thank you for yielding. I think the important message that we are trying to drive home tonight is if you really want to see reform, then follow the money. Follow the $1.4 million a day that's being spent by Wall Street trying to lobby to…

If you go back to the student aid issue, what we had was an opportunity to take the $60 billion that was being given, for all intents and purposes, to middlemen, the banks, and say, you know, We don't need to spend that anymore. We're…

If the American people speak up, it will happen, much like anything else in this country, but we've got to make sure that the American people are educated about what is really at stake here. I mean it is our kids' futures. It is whether or…

Well, I guess the best way to give you a little history is to tell you that the financial services industry is spending $1.4 million a day, right here in Congress, trying to convince Members not to support the regulation reform measure.

If the gentleman will yield, in many respects, it's worse because, 10 years ago, there were probably 60 big banks. Today, there are only five. Because of this financial meltdown and because of the purchase by many of these banks of other…

I would like to inquire how much time both sides have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California has 8 minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 4\3/4\ minutes remaining.

Again, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution recognizing Women's History Month. Let me also suggest that we are all going to go down in history this weekend for the kinds of votes we take. If there ever was an issue…