Olympia Snowe actually said...

there is an imperative here that it is in the national public interest given the catastrophe at hand.

Snowe emphasizes the need for government action in response to the oil spill crisis.

06/16/2010

More Olympia Snowe Quotes

The objective is not to assist the TARP recipients, but the net effect is that it is happening.

From what I understand, it is not exactly happening with the maximum effect.

The Administration opposed direct lending as well. It essentially did not want the government to become a bank.

But with the threshold you are using as a standard, they only have to increase lending by 2.5 percent.