Chuck Schumer actually said...

we became a country that consumed more than we produced, borrowed more than we saved, and imported more than we exported.

It is an historic undertaking, one of the most important debates in which we have engaged here in a long time.

By no means is this problem exclusive to financial services.

What is a middle-class family like the Moores supposed to do if they were counting on that credit line to help them through a medical crisis...