Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before my time to speak today, there were some comments made by the junior Senator from Delaware, but before getting to that, I did want to mention that I hope very soon the administration will work closely--and I am sure they will because I know they are very understanding of what has happened in Tennessee-- with those who are dealing with the obvious disaster underway in our State. We have people who have lost their lives, people who have lost their homes, and people who have lost their life's work. I appreciate so much the work our Governor has underway, and the many mayors, especially the mayor of Nashville but also mayors across our State. I appreciate the response all of them have given in coming to the aid of our citizens there. Again, I know this administration will begin to work very closely with them in that same regard, and I thank them in advance. But I came to speak specifically today about the comments of my friend from Delaware regarding the fact that because large institutions in this country have a funding advantage over some of the smaller institutions, we ought to break them up. I certainly have concerns about some of the situations we get ourselves into when a large institution gets into trouble. I don't think that having 100 Senators here on the floor arbitrarily deciding what size a financial institution ought to be or when it should be broken up is necessarily the right approach.…”