Opening statement of Senator Merkley
By investing in our infrastructure and providing our communities... we can create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Our Nation's infrastructure is a state of shameful disrepair.
President Obama said during his campaign that he understood this and that he would bring people together, that he would ...
It recognizes the fact that this needs to be a contract honored.
This commitment is central to the economies of my State.
I certainly feel like it is essential that anyone heading up this position not only understand this historic structure.
It means you crash overnight when the market turns, and you melt down the entire economy, and that is where we are now.
I want to thank you all. I am way over my time. I thank the indulgence of the Chair, and I appreciate this discussion as...
If we turn the clock back just a little bit, the pools that were utilized in the CDOs and CDO-squared...
I am very glad to hear that.