Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate it. I had not planned to come to the floor today, but my great friend, Senator Warner from Virginia, is here. I did want to clarify a couple of things. I did not hear all of his comments. I very much appreciate the partnership we have had, the work we have been able to do together. I think what is happening on this financial regulation bill is a lot like what happened during the health care debate in many ways. There is something that is being focused on. Some of it is sort of being blown out of proportion. I did want to clarify something. Senator Warner spent a lot of time talking about a couple of titles in the bill that Senator Dodd has put forth. There are other places in this bill that do, in fact, create an opportunity for large institutions that fail to continue on. Treasury got involved in this bill a couple of weeks before--about a week before it came to committee. There are some loopholes in this bill that give Treasury and the FDIC the ability to allow large institutions to continue on without failing. My sense is the Senator from Virginia knows what those are. My sense is the Senator from Connecticut, who is the chairman of the committee, knows what those are. And my sense is that on those topics--and they do exist, so criticisms about the Dodd bill allowing potentially creation of loopholes for large institutions not to go through an orderly liquidation or bankruptcy, are valid.…”