Jim DeMint: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman.”

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.

Voting by proxy, is this what was intended by the Founders, the Framers of our Constitution?

It'll no longer be in our hands to decide; it'll be arbitrated and it will be decided by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.