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Michael Capuano

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Mike Capuano is a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, serving from 1999 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. During his tenure, Capuano was known for his advocacy on issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights. He served on several committees, including the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he focused on infrastructure development and public transportation improvements in his district.

Jul 28, 2009

If they don't know it, nobody knows it.

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Jul 13, 2009

Over the last couple of years, I honestly wouldn't waste my time coming to a hearing with the SEC Chair because I didn't like anything that they were not doing, because they weren't doing anything.

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Jul 13, 2009

But I just want to say thank you, thank you for beginning to restore--my faith in the system that we have created.

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Jul 13, 2009

Now we are where we are. Today, to some level, it is a little early, but on some levels, it is almost I am not sure I want to stick around too long because everything you are doing I like.

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Jun 24, 2009

People who tell me that affordable housing pikes the neighborhood, I need them to go and see an affordable housing project literally across the street from some of the most expensive housing in Massachusetts.

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Jun 15, 2009

The problem that I have with it is that it is one company that was into so many things that the State regulators chose not to regulate.

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Jun 15, 2009

The regulation of the insurance industry is significantly different from the bank industry.

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Jun 15, 2009

So we should have passed TRIA. And I agree.

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Jun 15, 2009

We need a systemic regulator--I don't like the word 'regulator,' because I think that implies overactivity--at least a systemic monitor, maybe a regulator, to review what's going on.

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Jun 15, 2009

The inability to ascertain the risk is the same.

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