Political Quotes

Harry Reid: “Holding these huge banks accountable for the enormous economic crisis of recent years is about more than dollars and…”

On the recordApril 19, 2010
Holding these huge banks accountable for the enormous economic crisis of recent years is about more than dollars and cents. It is about fairness and justice. It is also about learning lessons from the mistakes of the past so we are not bound to repeat them. Those who cared only to boost their own holdings and accounts must be held accountable. To those who gamed the system, the game is over. Wall Street's ability to recklessly risk a family's future must be a thing of the past. Those who dealt in deception and benefited from the cover of darkness must be called out and brought into the daylight.
Said by
Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
Source
govinfo.gov
Apr 19, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses the need for financial reform and accountability for large banks.

Share

More from Harry Reid

Dec 28, 2021

Get rid of the filibuster, is nothing that as Brock Obama said, at John Lewis` funeral, it’s part of the leftovers from the days of the slave owners. You got to get rid of it. It’s very, very bad.

msnbc.com
Dec 28, 2021

I have to win 50 plus one.

msnbc.com
Jan 3, 2022

Get rid of the filibuster. It`s nothing. As Barack Obama said at John Lewis` funeral, it`s part of the leftovers from the days of slave owners. You have got to get rid of it. It`s very bad.

msnbc.com
Dec 28, 2021

Never in the history of the country, never in the history of the country have we produced more for a president and somebody that’s led his party than we’ve done together.

msnbc.com

Other voices in this conversation