Political Quotes

“it is fitting that this new hour follows that last 5-minute presentation which was a perfectly classic example of partisan rhetoric aimed more to gain political favor than to shed light on an issue. What we are going to do for the next hour is exactly the opposite, that is, my colleagues from the Committee on Energy and Commerce are going to talk about how we can, in bipartisan fashion, deal with the corporate malaise, the corporate scandals that have rocked our country to make sure that American investors are in better shape and enjoy more confidence in the market in the future. We are here to talk about the best way to ensure corporate accountability, restore investor confidence in our markets, and build a 21st-century model of corporate governance that will give us an honest, open, transparent and efficient marketplace. Before I am joined by my other colleagues, I want to describe the challenges we in Congress, the administration, and the overwhelming number of honest men and women who run our country's publicly traded companies face in this effort.”