"The problem is that the Members of Congress who are loudest about the failure are often the ones most terrified of legislating to address it."
"I introduced two bills. One reverses the most damaging regulatory rollbacks from the last time Congress listened to lobbyists."
"The Federal Reserve is an independent body. Ms. Judge, who does the Federal Reserve work for; the bank it regulates or the American people."
"It sounds like Congress is not the only entity bowing to pressure from big banks."
"In fact, in my, maybe third, hearing in Congress, in the early spring of 2019, I asked Chairman Jerome Powell about the weakening of the capital liquidity risk requirements, and he claimed that there,..."
"If the Federal Reserve consistently prioritizes banks' profits over the stability of the banking system--if that is, in fact, what they do, who does it seem like they are working for?"
"Blaming SVB's collapse on environmental social governance investing or diversity equity and inclusion initiatives is nonsense."
"My Republican colleagues' continued focus on wokeness in banking also suggests that they see improving economic opportunities for people of color and investing in minority-owned businesses as a bad th..."
"We regulated after the 2008 financial crisis. We deregulated with bipartisan support under President Trump, and now we are back at bank failure."
"Let us roll back the worst part of the bank lobbyist bill that Congress passed in 2018."
"We don't have to let politics stand in the way of delivering water to our constituents."
"I introduced a bill, H.R. 3027, to reauthorize, to extend the existence of the Bureau of Reclamation's Basin Study Program."