Sherrod Brown said "Madam President, will the Senator yield? I appreciate this analysis. I hear, as we talk about the Brown-Kaufman amendment--and it has gotten increasing attention because an increasing number of people said too big to fail is too big and that if we allow these six banks--that chart the Senator showed originally--the largest six banks in the United States 15 years ago were 17 percent of our GDP and today they are 63 percent and growing, as Senator Kaufman mentioned." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 6, 2010

Madam President, will the Senator yield? I appreciate this analysis. I hear, as we talk about the Brown-Kaufman amendment--and it has gotten increasing attention because an increasing number of people said too big to fail is too big and that if we allow these six banks--that chart the Senator showed originally--the largest six banks in the United States 15 years ago were 17 percent of our GDP and today they are 63 percent and growing, as Senator Kaufman mentioned.

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