Political Quotes

“Madam President, we all agree our financial system should never again be on the brink of total collapse. We all agree we must never again allow Americans to fall victim to the unconscionable recklessness and unbridled greed we have seen over the last decade. No longer should a no-show regulatory attitude rob Americans of their jobs, of their homes, of their retirement savings, of their credit ratings, and the list goes on and on. We all agree American taxpayers should never again have to foot the bill for bailouts to the very firms whose cowboy attitudes got us into this mess in the first place. So how do we put a stop to the madness that left our economy in a shambles? We stop it in its tracks. That means hard decisions. It means decisive action. It means doing more than taking action when we recognize the symptoms of collapse. It doesn't mean waiting until it is too late and too many people suffer. It means eliminating the ingredients of collapse. Chairman Dodd's bill is strong. It sets the stage for recognizing trouble, and it helps use regulatory tools to reverse it. Senator Kaufman and I think we owe it to the American people to take one more significant step. We need to take action now so trouble never has the chance to brew. That means taking on the financial institutions that are too big to fail and doing that now and doing that in this bill.…”