On the recordFebruary 9, 2009
I appreciate you being here today. On a day when we passed a $1 trillion stimulus and you announced another $1 or $2 trillion for a financial bailout, the stock market is down nearly 400 points.
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congress.govI appreciate you being here today. On a day when we passed a $1 trillion stimulus and you announced another $1 or $2 trillion for a financial bailout, the stock market is down nearly 400 points.
DeMint expresses concern over the lack of market confidence despite large financial interventions.
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The idea that we get into a rules-based system with other nations that establish some international rules of engagement, theoretically, I think we could have some honest debate on how we come out on that.
We can hardly sit in judgment of your losing $2 billion. We lose twice that every day here in Washington and plan to continue to do that every day.
But, General, how is it in the interests of the United States to turn the royalties over to an unaccountable international bureaucracy?