One of the fundamental failures in Haiti was that many of the policies we took here undermined Haitian agriculture for the long term.

Your comment raises the last question that I have.

I think you've given us a lot of food for thought here, and a lot of opportunities to think about how we work with the administration and move forward in a way that can ultimately enhance the lives of the people of Haiti, both now and in…

A lot of great ideas here, and we appreciate it.

I think a lot of what gets done right now is going to be critically important to laying the foundation as to whether we can keep the commitment that is necessary.

And I hope the financial institutions, those that are here and others, understand that because they would be far better served in helping us strike the right balance on the pendulum than going ahead and just fighting us tooth and nail.

the 22 banks that received the greatest amount of TARP funding have dropped their small business lending portfolio by $10 billion over the past 6 months.

But I have to be honest with you. I was reading through the written testimonies and I get a sense that while we take--it is like a Texas two-step. We claim the veneer of saying that we understand and need reform. And then we have so many…

I have got to be honest with you, when I walk the streets of New Jersey, the average person comes up to me and says you know what? When I make a mistake, I have to pay for my mistake. And when they--meaning some of our financial…

I think part of that disconnect, when I look at that Goldman has set aside an astronomical sum of $16.2 billion in compensation for 2009...

Mr. President, I wish to join my colleague from New Jersey and speak for just a few minutes about Judge Greenaway. I had come to the floor in hope and expectation that we could actually go to his nomination this afternoon. I am pleased we…