The original TARP legislation I believe was not well thought out and was not properly considered by Congress.
We should come first because the taxpayers laid it out.
I believe the Committee should be careful not to repeat our mistakes with TARP, not to believe everything blindly.
We must ensure that every available dollar goes to shoring up our banking system so we can get our economy moving again.
What a quintessentially and great American story.
Oversight of the stabilization funds is critical to the effective and efficient use of the taxpayers' dollar.
Government, however is charged with improving the lives and welfare of the people.
And to suggest that we largely sit back and do nothing is not a course.
Ohio families deserve to know where every one of their tax dollars is spent, and that it is spent wisely.
I just find this--let's put it like this. I think they're off to a bad start.
I want to mention Lilo, who traveled here from Elmhurst, Queens, a neighborhood I very much love.