Bill Foster: “It takes 98 days to fully onboard a scientist into our Federal workforce right now, and compared with private sector...…”

Do you remember with AIG, the real problem with AIG falling into bankruptcy is that it would immediately put a bazillion of the European banks into violation of their capital requirements, which was major contagion that----

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