Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Chairman, imagine a wave of arson attacks was burning down houses and businesses across the city. And then imagine if the city council responded by trying to delay and water down new laws making arson a crime, refused to appoint a police and fire chief, and gutted funding for public safety. Well, I know that sounds farfetched, but that's exactly what the Republican majority is doing in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. It was everyday American consumers who suffered most from the financial crisis through job losses, foreclosures, declining home values, and decimated retirement accounts. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was designed to address fundamental weaknesses in the financial regulations that keep our economy safe. {time} 1620 The centerpiece of this law is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new agency tasked with putting consumers first, not Wall Street or other special interests. The bills we are debating today are part of a coordinated effort by the Republicans to let Wall Street go back to business as usual. They have been trying to delay the implementation of these new rules. They have been gutting funding for the agencies that are supposed to be the cops on the Wall Street beat. And they are refusing to allow qualified nominees to even be considered for appointments.…”