I strongly support the comments that have been made by my colleague, Senator Gregg, and by my colleague, Senator Murray.
I think we need to get very aggressive at finding a path forward.
Our financial markets and the economic crisis that we face today represent a very serious and a real threat.
So the fact that the fraud occurred in an arena in which derivatives were being utilized does not mean that the derivatives caused the fraud...
We had the same point under Enron, if I remember correctly. When we ultimately got into the bottom of it, it was not even the derivatives wh...
I do want to pose one question for you to consider either during your testimony or perhaps in follow up if it does not come up there.
my biggest concern right now is our budget deficit and the trade deficits that we are facing
We want to see the consumer confidence in the entire industry following these things.
We want to make sure that we have the correct statutory and regulatory systems and procedures in place.
I appreciated Senator Dodd's line of questioning. It is generally the line I wanted to pursue.
Consumer confidence has been raised by a number of people and, clearly, that is the end result that we want to achieve here.