My time has expired, but I think you have helped make the point I am trying to make, which is that there is all this alarm about how we would be tying our hands if we went back to the moratoria that were in place when in fact we could argue we were in pretty decent shape with making the transition we need to make.
Sarbanes argues against alarm over returning to moratoria, suggesting a smooth transition is possible.
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