David Vitter: “The plan is not for the Attorney General to be in the middle of this at all. The statute says that the Attorney General…”

Was not this practice, in fact, by the numbers part of the Wells culture by definition because it was so widespread for so long a period of time?

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…

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.