Jim DeMint: “We need to be that city on the hill, I'm not sure that we can afford to build cities on the hill all around the country.”

If a consumer finds herself in the trouble that Ms. Kovalcik did, how do they know who to call for help to get their goods released?

We applaud the leadership shown by Chairman Rockefeller, Ranking Member Hutchison, Senator Kerry, Senator DeMint and other Members of the Committee.

We have constricted credit to such a degree that local banks do not have the flexibility to deal with their local economies.

But isn't that putting them at a disadvantage? They're actually paying more tax now than brick and mortars.