Jim DeMint: “I hope you both help to move America back towards a free-market economy.”

What we need to know is what we can do about the problems. I have gotten a sense from what has been said today that this is not a matter of us needing more laws, but more enforcement of our laws.

Senator DeMint says let's use the Federal Government as an exemplar for how to reopen.

Which is a trillion dollars over ten years. I mean, that is real money.

The problem clearly came from loose credit policies that resulted in subprime mortgages and toxic securities.