Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Let me just make one final point on this. What this bill will do now is to give the Cayman Islands or London or some other jurisdiction the ability to write derivatives rules that cover U.S. affiliates. Now, the problem with that very idea is that the Cayman Islands or any other jurisdiction has no interest in protecting the U.S. taxpayer. That's the truth. When the bailout for AIG came, it was $160 billion in U.S. currency, supported by the U.S. taxpayer, that bailed AIG out. So any of these foreign affiliates that go under in foreign jurisdictions, those foreign jurisdictions, whether it be the Cayman Islands or any other jurisdiction, have no interest, they have no dog in the fight to protect the American taxpayer. That's the problem with this bill. That's the bottom line. We should vote against it. This is a disgrace. But it does show the power of Wall Street, I'll say that.”