I wish everyone tried to do that, but I guess that is another discussion for another day.
Michael Capuano
The Public Record
this is all about motherhood, apple pie, and puppy dogs. We all love this stuff, and therefore the Executive Order, though wonderful and very powerful, means nothing.
I didn't see anything here that said any specific regulation in any level needs to be repealed or amended.
if anything happened and I went to that bank and there was a run, I could only get 6 of my dollars back based on those capital requirements.
So therefore, you have--I don't know if it is formal or informal--you have no emoluments coming in to anybody at the Federal Reserve.
I cochaired a group looking at public-private partnerships... and we came to the unanimous, bipartisan conclusion that they have a role, and they are good, but they are no better than maybe--maybe--10 percent of our needs.
I think it was about 3 years ago we had the president of the Chamber of Commerce... sit in that chair and tell us the Chamber of Commerce supported an increase in the gas tax.
I would just like to go on record to say that whenever Mr. Massie agrees with us, we get nervous, too.
Thus far, the smoke signals coming out of the new administration is somehow we are going to do this with just public-private partnerships. No new money.
But there is a minor little point. You all run businesses or large organizations. Somebody has got to pay for this.





