Political Quotes

Jim Bunning

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Mar 18, 2009

We maybe should make a regulator for each institution.

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Mar 18, 2009

And we also would not have people too big to fail.

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Mar 17, 2009

Are you kidding me? Explain that to the American people.

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Mar 17, 2009

Then we would need one for about 25 major market banks, money market banks in New York City, one regulator each for each one, because those are the ones that are too big to fail.

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Mar 17, 2009

It is owned by the Federal Government, so the Federal Government is the regulator.

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Mar 17, 2009

If you sat on your hands, which the Fed did in overseeing mortgages and mortgage lenders and banks that were under your jurisdiction, then I think that the Fed is a failure in doing what they are supposed to do.

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Mar 17, 2009

if we would have had good regulators, we wouldn't be in the crisis we are in right now.

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Mar 17, 2009

That is bad and shows the irresponsibility of the firms.

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Mar 17, 2009

I mean, we wrote a law that gave them that job.

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Mar 17, 2009

Well, then you need regulations over those people that are dealing in the entities.

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Mar 17, 2009

Those admissions should raise questions about whether we can ever create a risk regulator that will understand and act to stop systemwide risk.

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