This is a very important opportunity and an important moment, maybe the most important those of us ever will serve during our tenure in this Congress.
I believe the absence of meaningful congressional involvement in crafting the original TARP plan will be viewed historic...
the actions we take have to be commensurate with the scale of the problems we face
the Congress adopted a measure... of a commitment of some $50 billion out of these TARP resources that you have toward m...
We cannot restore the credibility of our financial institutions and put our economy back on track until we restore the c...
Americans want the plan to work. My colleagues want it to work. I believe all of us do.
I would have made that my first point, because in a way, I happen to believe... the failure to address the mortgage, the...
I would strongly recommend--in fact, I will ask you that as this moves forward...
We are going to look carefully at those.
I feel as strongly as you do that time is not with us.
My hope is we would be looking... at someone who clearly has the background in making things.