Chuck Schumer: “I rise to speak in enthusiastic support of the nomination of Henry Hank Paulson to be the 74th Treasury Secretary. I…”

“I rise to speak in enthusiastic support of the nomination of Henry Hank Paulson to be the 74th Treasury Secretary. I have known Hank Paulson for 15 years. I recommend him to my colleagues wholeheartedly and without reservation. He is one of those great New Yorkers who come from somewhere else--in this case, the heartland of America--come to our city and become part of its life and a vital part of this country and actually this world's economy. Mr. President, Hank is an extraordinary leader, a great financial thinker, a businessman, a father, and, as I said, an adopted son of New York. Hank has excelled in every area of life--from the classroom to the football field to the boardroom and everywhere in between. One of the things I like best about Hank is he is a straight shooter. He gives you direct answers to direct questions. We sure need somebody like that now. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1968 and received his MBA from Harvard. He worked at the Defense Department, the Nixon White House, and then found his true calling at Goldman Sachs where he worked for 32 years.…”