David Vitter: “I requested that we focus on this issue because it is so vital, including in the context of a new WRDA.”

We need tough new laws to hold corporate executives personally accountable, and we need tough prosecutors who have the courage to go after people at the top.

So just as an example, Wells is the biggest participant in the SBA's 7(a) loan program.

Why isn't this crystal clear proof that an entity as big as Wells is not only too big to fail, but it is too big to manage and it is too big to regulate?

I thank the Senator from Louisiana for his very kind remarks. More importantly, I want to thank him for years of great partnership, great work on behalf of Louisiana. I know he will make an outstanding senior Senator. Thank you. I yield…