Political Quotes

“Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 3 p.m. today, with Senators allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each during that time. Following the closing of morning business, the Senate will turn to executive session to debate the nomination of Lael Brainard to be Under Secretary of the Treasury. At 5 p.m. today, there will be a cloture vote on that nomination. Last week, I filed cloture on five nominations. It is my hope we will be able to work out time agreements on each of these nominations. If we are unable to do so, we will be in session around the clock until we have votes on all these nominations, with speeches and votes taking place during that time. Upon disposition of the nominations, we will turn to the legislation to reform Wall Street. Financial Reform 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.…”