Bob Menendez

I always say you can tell the mark of talented people by knowing where they got their start.

We are excited about the prospect of working with you to make that happen.

This is an unbelievably important moment for our country, for the world, that's waiting for this leadership.

America is great because it is good and one of its goodnesses is in fact what we do through initiatives of President Clinton.

I would hate for what Nelson Mandela has said is a 'global movement where every word spoken, where every partnership discovered, where every promise made can have a direct impact on the lives of millions of people across our planet for…

It is my understanding that participants and contributors to the Clinton Global Initiative have been publicly disclosed since its inception and that that will continue to be disclosed.

I look forward to supporting your nomination.

I hope that the support you gave while you were a Senator to the question of the Armenian genocide, that the President-elect has himself supported.

We need to care less about what Chavez does, and more about what we do at the end of the day.

I appreciate the significant voluntary steps that go above and beyond the requirements of the law and ethics regulations.

I think many of us are going to be looking for what is the mechanism of accountability at the end of the day.

The problem is that you need more than transparency. Accountability means nothing unless there are consequences.

It is not right for the regulators to go ahead and delegate their authority at the end of the day.

I cannot fathom for the life of me how if I have the responsibility--this is like the cop on the beat.

But if there is no cop on the beat to enforce the law, at the end of the day there will be people who will take the red light.

Well, I understand what you said, Mr. Ludwig. I am concerned--and maybe there is not a market at present, but those who advocate for its elimination are not talking about a temporary suspension or an adjustment.

Shouldn't that be rejected as a potential form of regulation, self-regulation?

Isn't there even a greater need for transparency across the system?

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding what I think is a very important hearing on the genesis of the current economic crisis.

Give me all the authority, no oversight, no guidelines, no conditions, and no judicial review, and trust me that we will do the right thing. That simply is not acceptable.

That simply is not acceptable.

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