What happens to those jobs if we lift this ban?
So gas prices is the second question I want to ask about.
Does it make sense for us to lift the ban without some contingency plan in place if prices should jump?
Big oil may not like that, but the Massachusetts voters did not send me here to work for them.
The ban on selling crude oil has been in place for more than four decades, so it is a big deal.
We are dealing with the very practical issue of trying to keep the financial system from melting down.
The $50 billion banks generally pose less risk than a $1 trillion bank or a $2 trillion bank.
I think that if there are multiple institutions of that size that are failing at the same time, it is usually an indicat...
The question is, how do we draw lines to ensure the safety of the system?
if it goes badly, it is the American people who will end up paying.
We need the Federal Government to back us up.