Jack Reed

Thank you for your work and commitment to ensure that all Americans have access to safe, nutritious foods.

I am wondering if the Senator can confirm that we have routinely extended unemployment benefits over many decades, over both Republican and Democratic Presidents and Republican and Democratic Congresses, and we have always done it when the…

There is a long-term value to derivatives.

I will concede, it is a difficult problem, but sometimes you have got to send a very strong message.

Until I think you make it clear that this is an important objective, we will get a lot of motion and not a lot of results.

I think some of the problems with the Basel II, particularly, were the ability to rely exclusively on credit ratings for securitized products.

We are in the midst of this great residential and it goes right to the core of economic confidence and ultimately consumer demand.

One out of ten homes are either in foreclosure or 90-days delinquent, and that saps not only the energy from the economy

Expecting it and getting it are two different things, and I think we have reached the point we have got to get it, Mr. Chairman.

We have to get the confidence of the American people restored, and their trust.

I am coming to a conviction, that many times these devices are used to avoid regulatory constraints.

The greater use of libraries to deliver workforce services is a great idea.

My thought would be if, for example, one of the factors in a contract for a radar system was a plus for a valid apprenticeship program in the applicant, would that be helpful, in your view?

If we don't achieve it in the next several months, the bubbles that might be out there percolating... will once again catch us by surprise.

I want to thank you all for excellent testimony, thought provoking, and also for your advancing this issue.

We need better data. We need better analysis.

I don't sense there is a mutually exclusive sort of agenda here.

If you do not have an authoritative institution supported by data doing that, then the problem I think you will have is that the next time it will be something different.

Thank you for your leadership on this and so many other issues involved in banking and other challenges facing the country.

It needs to have absolute credibility.

They have proven that the last few months rather aggressively.

I believe that Director is appointed for a term of 5 years.

Last, I just want to say how pleased we are that we learned last week that Senator Reed introduced S. 3005, the National Institute of Finance Act of 2010.

I think it is important that we begin here.

I think we are all focused on finding the best way to maintain higher levels of common equity.