Well, I--that is a very nice way to--in my opinion, I think you just said it was a stupid idea, but that is OK.
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.
You said yesterday, and you will say today, that you believe the short-term benefits of the current loose monetary policy exceed the longer-term risks.
And this is precisely why I believe it is imperative that we fully implement the regulatory reforms within the Wall Street Reform Act in order to ensure that we never again experience a crisis like the one that occurred in 2008.
And so, as we are faced with sequestration, we must understand the negative impact that sequestration and these cuts will have on jobs and the economy.
Whatever we do here, everybody agrees we need more revenue. We should do whatever is right.
We should figure out what is right, what we need, what is good for the future of this country and do it.
So for those of us who are concerned about it, instead of just saying, oh, the environmentalists are all the problem, let's throw them out, if you do that, fine, you are going to lose again and we will lose, those are of us who actually…
Mr. Donohue, are you going to take any of these things into consideration on my score this year? Because I would like to get up above single digits.
But if you do it all the time, you are going to find yourself, those of you who spend more than a few years here, you will find yourself in a situation where every Federal dollar that comes into your State has been spent by your…
We don't want to get rid of any environmental regulations, we just want them to be conducted in a commonsense way.





