You know, we have got to figure out how to work together as Republicans and Democrats to avoid this coming catastrophe.

Four percent.

if we do not do that, Mr. Chairman, I am afraid we will have let down the people who voted us to represent them.

I totally agree.

we are heading toward record high tax revenues.

I am one who believes there is a lot of waste at the Pentagon and there is room to do more there, even.

If we are not selling to the 95 percent of the world outside of our borders, we are letting our people down.

I appreciate your holding the hearing, which gives us an opportunity to explore the role that banks play in the commodities markets.

I agree this is a responsible use of our oversight responsibilities to revisit that decision by Gramm-Leach-Bliley periodically.

A temporary suspension until we get our act together, I think, makes sense.

the global response needs to be both more rapid and more concerted, but also there needs to be more effort in funding early on.