Evan Bayh: “Even at a time of enormous national challenge, the people's business is not getting done.”

Well, and if they have to be focused on capital preservation, then obviously they are not lending, and that is yet another drag upon the recovery, isn't it?

The Fed, though, is now engaged in some rather extraordinary efforts, which I support, to prevent a lapse back into a more sluggish economy.

We are paying a macroeconomic price for the delay in resolving this issue.

Our national security has not been harmed by the integration of the Armed Forces.