Mike Levin: “You know, the mindless objection really overlooks the urgency of this picture. We go back home; people say they can't…”

“You know, the mindless objection really overlooks the urgency of this picture. We go back home; people say they can't receive credit. You talk about TARP III. You're the only ones who use that language to try to find a label even for something beneficial, as was other legislation. So we go home and we hear this cry out for credit, and we put together a bill that provides $30 billion for small and medium-size businesses, and you look for an excuse. We provide money for the States to provide collateral so small businesses can receive the credit--a provision that Governors support, Republicans and Democrats--and you search for some basis that somehow will carry what you think is a winning message even if the American people are the losers. It doesn't work.”