you lost faith that the agency would become a truly independent entity and carefully balance consumer costs and access to credit with consumer protection.

the bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission spent years looking into the causes of the crisis and identifying the Fed's failure to regulate subprime mortgages as one of the key drivers of the collapse of 2008.

Of all the people who might be called on to advise Congress about how to weigh the costs and benefits of consumer regulations, I am surprised that my Republican colleagues would choose a witness who might have one of the worst track…

It is a central principle of our American democracy that Americans, through their votes, can have a say in their own governments.

This kind of second class status is not how our government is supposed to work and it has real implications.

Even former Chair Greenspan admitted that the Fed made a mistake by failing to regulate subprime mortgages.

Well, wait just a minute. There are obviously patients who cannot afford this product, and we know this.

Congress needs to take action on this to make sure that this market functions for patients.

Lower the price. That will actually make it easier for patients to access the drug.

With great power comes great responsibility, but that responsibility is missing across the drug industry.

Your work shines a light in many dark areas, and this is the first step for changes in the industry.

charging patients so much for a drug that they cannot afford it is unethical.