Political Quotes

It is when securitized mortgaging left government-regulated entities, went to Wall Street, and Wall Street discovered a way to sell crap for a AAA rating.

You think if we have a private institution the size of $5.6 trillion, that there is not an implicit statement that the United States Government has to come in and rescue it when it fails or else it brings the entire system down?

And colleagues, I rise today to honor our friend and one of the outstanding Members of this House, Jack Murtha, who represented Pennsylvania's 12th district, and to remember his devotion to his work in this Congress, his strength of…

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…