Kit Bond: “I want to ask a specific question. Mortgage issues I hope will be considered as a part of regulatory reform.”

That number needs to be publicized because that is the greatest prophylactic to let people know if they are going to do it.

Now that is, being a Missouri resident and a 'show me,' I like the bottom line.

We are interested in getting a handle on this because, as you have indicated, there are so many moving parts in this that we want to try to get a handle on as many as possible.

We are drowning in debt, and buying our way out is not working.