Paul E. Kanjorski: “I think there needs to be substantially greater oversight of financial institutions.”

As most Members of this Chamber know, we recently lost a dear friend and colleague. Congressman Jack Murtha passed away on February 8 after complications from gallbladder surgery. Jack recently became the longest-serving Member of Congress…

Part of the question I have is something I hear from many of my constituents, particularly after the most recent financial crisis in the country; they ask the question why, after mistakes are made by people in various positions of…

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?

I have never seen anything in the world more devious or backdoor to come in to Federal regulation than doing it this way, and with the least amount of real direct effect.