Carolyn Maloney

the point of many postcrisis regulations has been to reduce the banks' reliance on unstable short-term financing.

the financial crisis revealed huge problems with many short-term financing markets, some of which completely broke down during the crisis.

It took about 4 years to pass it because the CIA was objecting.

I am disturbed by anyone in a recent debate or anywhere who suggests that Chair Yellen is somehow acting politically. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I believe that Chair Yellen's performance so far has been nonpartisan, admirable, and has proven that she is more than capable of navigating these difficult waters and guiding the U.S. economy back to robust economic growth.

I want to know are you concerned, that repeated instances of fraudulent transfers through the SWIFT system will undermine the confidence, and I would say, the safety and soundness of international payments, and do you believe that this…

What comes out of the investigation does not support the accusations.

They make all kinds of accusations that I believe are politically motivated.

I just want to join Bernie Sanders in saying enough is enough.

We saw it with the discredited Benghazi hearings.

what our committee is engaged in is nothing but a partisan attack on Secretary Clinton with an effort to harm or undermine her presidential campaign.

We must improve both halves of that equation. Let's look at the first--debt.

I do not believe in this case that a ransom was, in fact, paid.

I believe that the timing of the release of the prisoners was coordinated with the timing of the resolution of this long-held financial dispute between the two countries. I do not believe it was a coincidence.

We have evidence and we know from The Wall Street Journal that a payment was made in foreign currency cash to Tehran.

If we fail to act, our nation's ability to pay for essential government functions will be severely constrained, our economy will suffer, and our national security will be at risk.

I would say that what this hearing shows very clearly is that the classification system is broken, and it needs to be reformed.

I would rather clear the underbrush, as President Bush said when he talked about very similar actions back in the late 1980s, and see the return of Americans who are being held unjustly than to resolve a debt and not see the return of…

I recently introduced legislation that I believe will provide the 'push' needed for Congress to make the tough decisions required to stabilize our finances.

We just need the political will to work together and make it happen.

Why have a law if you don't use it? And it is getting to the point where people do not trust our immigration system or trust our government to protect them.

I think we have got to start acting on this and not just talking about it because as long as you have all these criminals running around causing problems that are illegal immigrants, it is very hard to get any functioning immigration…

I think you have to put the State Department in charge because they will make it a focus.

My Republican colleagues often attribute declining startup rates to the regulatory policies of the Obama Administration.

The recession hit aspiring entrepreneurs hard.