07/12/2017
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"I share your concerns about endemic corruption in Lebanon, officials' reluctance to implement reforms, and stalled presidential elections."
"this has never been tried. It has been rejected by all past Treasury secretaries."
"those who were responsible for the failure of a bank should not be profiting when stockholders and investors in the bank are taking--forced to take losses."
"It is a fundamental, basic responsibility of Congress to pay the Government's bills. And I call on Congress to expeditiously raise the debt ceiling."