I would ask that a copy of his letter be entered into the record.
Providing the State fiscal relief in the form of additional Federal fiscal year through disaster and CDBG funding...
Despite this damage, we know the outcome for our State could have been far worse had the storm followed a slightly different track.
I want to recognize obviously my colleague Senator Whitehouse, who has been such a powerful force.
All America, our hearts literally go out to them and to their representatives who are doing so much to help them.
Your leadership helped to prevent a large cut that was being proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Senator Shelby was just as astute when Basel II was before the Committee.
Indeed, but one of the problems which I think we mentioned with Basel II was that banks were--they were categorized, but they were the ones ...
We do not have any legal obligation. It is not a treaty.
And that is something that we have had in the United States, but this is a new aspect for Basel III for the whole community.
One of the flaws with Basel II was that there was a great deal of reliance on internal risk models, that banks were essentially grading them...