Bill Foster: “I commend it to my colleagues and their staff really because this is something that Congress and this Committee is going…”

I think it is my personal goal to die before we have another financial crisis, and then I will be doing my job well.

This made the discharge petition much more effective at its intended purpose, which is sort of to operate as a safety valve against, you know, the Speaker's rather dictatorial power.

Frankly, when I read about this, it triggered my PTSD from the AIG situation with credit default swaps during the financial crisis.

I think we should consider adopting this in the coming session of Congress, at least on a temporary basis.