I may not agree with every decision that you made; I do not think anybody ever will in any of these plans.
Bob Menendez
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You cannot put this all on the back of the middle class in this country, which in my mind is the core of what upholds our ability in terms of the Federal Government and its resources.
I ask unanimous consent that at 12 noon today, the Senate proceed to executive session and that the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the cloture vote by which cloture was not invoked on Executive Calendar No. 501 be agreed to…
But did you not specifically say, as part of your 'un-American' comment, that the requirement for banks to hold more money was un-American?
JPMorgan Chase strongly supports the Basel III capital requirements, and we believe that they will bring additional stability to the financial system.
I also think that the American people, after making major investments in your bank and other institutions, are entitled to ensure that they do not have to reach into their pocket again.
If it is too risky for your company, what stops it from being in the future too risky where you lose not $2 to $4 billion but $50 billion, create a size that ultimately creates a risk on the bank that takes that bank into the possibility…
I think about the fortress balance sheet you talk about, and I would like to remind you that fortress balance sheet has a moat that was dug by taxpayers to the tune of $25 billion in bailout money and more than $450 billion in loans from…
I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed…
I ask unanimous consent that I may speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 436) to amend the Internal…





