I believe the American people want a solution. They just do not want one perspective.
I wanted to see a commitment to three things: extending credit to families, restoring confidence, and clarity for the American people.
I thank Mel Martinez, our colleague and former HUD Secretary for his efforts in that record.
In the rush to address concerns facing the institutions that are too big to fail in this crisis, we must not forget about the threat posed b...
I think unlike other times, this moment requires that we have more of an ongoing public conversation about these issues.
The Center for Responsible Lending projects that some 17,000 homes in my home State will go into foreclosure in 2009.
A major source of employment in this country comes, obviously, from small business, and they are struggling.
Perhaps the biggest step the Secretary has taken is the Public-Private Investment Program the Treasury Department rolled out in March.
In my opinion the programs laid out thus far by you, Mr. Secretary, go well beyond what is appropriate and necessary.
The failure to devise... a clear and credible plan for employing TARP has also resulted in a massive waste, some people believe, of taxpayer...
Another thing that the TARP has accomplished is covering up the egregious failures of our banking regulators over the past decade.