Political Quotes

“It's a pleasure to join you tonight to place information on the Record related to Goldman's behavior as well as other institutions that have caused our country so much harm. And as others have mentioned, on April 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it was filing a civil lawsuit at long last against the big speculator Goldman Sachs, accusing it of committing fraud, but it was a civil filing. We know that what happened on Wall Street in the financial markets, the commodities markets, and in the housing markets led to enormous financial turmoil in our country and, ultimately, this great economic crisis that we are facing. And the American people want answers. They want to know who did what, and they ultimately want justice. A few days after that filing, over five dozen of our colleagues signed on to a bipartisan letter sent to the Attorney General on April 23, and our letter called upon the Attorney General to begin a criminal investigation and prosecution. One of our concerns continues to be that if, in fact, a civil case is filed by the SEC, could it be possible down the road that some of that evidence could be inadmissible in the event there is a criminal proceeding. So we urged Attorney General Holder to proceed quickly, and today we delivered--in addition to that letter--signatures from over 140,000 Americans who have been signing up on an e-petition to the Attorney General urging the same.”