Paul E. Kanjorski: “I think I have the right to close, so I will reserve my time. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Louisiana (Mr.…”

I sympathize with the constituents of my friend from New York, Mr. Ackerman. When you hear some of the stories from the testimony of the Inspector General, that if only somebody turned around when they were examining the Madoff operation…

But I am curious, should we not now take the opportunity to reform some of the structure of government, particularly by merging the CFTC and the SEC?

The Republican plan that was put forward last week addresses various policies that put the taxpayer at risk, but has no bail-out in the future.

The pain that the majority of my constituents and probably so many constituents around the country--they are not going to trust any of us.