The Tax Code is 10 times bigger than the bible with no good news.

But I think a better question is, who is watching the banks? We certainly aren't.

It seems pretty obvious that our priorities are somewhat backward.

I believe that consumer protection, consumer education, is one of the most valuable functions that our government can perform for its citizenry.

I believe that this agency is designed to function in the public interest and that you have demonstrated throughout your career that you are a public-interest-oriented individual

I applaud you for really paying wages that you can keep people, to be able to do the kind of job that needs to be done.

We have an obligation and responsibility to do something about it.

Republicans opposed the creation of Medicare in the 1960's and have sought to dismantle it since then.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act extended the Medicare Trust Fund solvency by 8 years, which is one of the many reasons I'm proud that I voted to enact this law, and I will go to my grave defending it.

This radical plan is not inevitable, and Democrats in Congress will fight tooth and nail to help protect our Nation's seniors from this abomination.

I'm not in favor of merely shifting beneficiaries from one Federal plan to another.