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.

if it goes badly, it is the American people who will end up paying.

We are dealing with the very practical issue of trying to keep the financial system from melting down.

The question is, how do we draw lines to ensure the safety of the system?

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 indication that there is broader weakness in the financial system.

Companies should not be allowed to get away with fines and a promise that they will do better in the future and a wrist slap.

We need the Federal Government to back us up.

I think what you just described is the schools have no skin in the game, that whether they do a good job or a bad job, as long as they can skirt past their accreditors, they're going to be just fine.

I guarantee we can say that it is becoming less and less and less affordable every year.