Well, the best law enforcement agency in the world should have the best technology, and I know this has been a mountain that you have climbed, and I have joined you in a few of those hikes in the past.

I have introduced legislation that would give consumers leverage to negotiate for reasonable rates with their lenders and ban abusive lenders from using the bankruptcy court system to enforce their excessive interest claims.

That might have been a pretty healthy thing to do.

Mr. John, did we make a mistake capping the interest rate that could be charged to members of the U.S. military at 36 percent?

If you can get those words out of your mouth, you and I do not have anything to talk about.

I think that the credit card contracts that we are given as consumers are easily understood?

I think that is an experience most of us would run into, and the point I am trying to get to is that buried within those credit card agreements are a lot of traps.

Credit cards are important, I have a wallet full of them, too. But I think they have gone way too far.

I do believe that they are a cold-blooded bunch, that they do desire to make maximum profits.

We need to have an agency that is looking out for consumers, saying this is a toxic instrument, you should not be allowed to sell this in America.

Isn't that the last gasp? I mean, when everything is falling apart, they max out the credit cards to try to hang on, hoping that things may turn around if they cannot?

And, of course, they are facing interest rates with those credit cards which can be astronomical.

bankruptcy is one of the greatest things that can happen for poor people in America.

In Iraq, we are on the path to stability and long-term partnership as codified in the Security Agreement.

I'm considering introducing legislation that would enhance retention of those experienced career servicemembers.

I would like to minimize that to nothing.

the largest employer of the Guard and Reserve activated did not.

Both DOD and VA support the Transfer of Personnel with the agreed upon language as contained in the bill sponsored by Senator Durbin.

I do not know if you happened to see a few weeks ago when '60 Minutes' had a program about eyewitness identification.

The Attorney General of Arizona has said this is the new crime syndicate in America.

We are committed to comprehensive accountability measures to ensure that these funds go exactly where they are intended to go.

We have to really create a new entity.

It really kind of calls into question in my mind--I am trying to get to the bottom line here--about what we expect of our criminal law enforcement system in a democratic society.

I kept telling my colleagues for 8 years it was a good idea, finally we do have it.

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