"The Obama Administration has a different proposal, which only threatens to hasten our next crisis."
"We remain at a momentous crossroads in our economic recovery--the big banks propped up by the taxpayers are back to prosperity, but everyone else has been left behind."
"The lesson of this history is not that America should avoid the Bankruptcy Code as a means to resolve failed financial institutions."
"Rather than abandon our bankruptcy system, Congress should strengthen it."
"I was the initial person to suggest we should raise our FDIC rates here in Congress."
"we have done too much, as I think Barney Frank talks about the collateral benefit that to help the whole country we have had to help some people who aren't deserving of help"
"I voted for the TARP, but the continued egregious and--conduct of the companies that received it in getting these bonuses... does make it difficult to continue to support such actions."
"Given, however, that this Subcommittee is charged with ensuring the effective functioning of the Nation's bankruptcy system and the three-part system of government that we have had for 200-and-somethi..."
"It is the professional responsibility of every professional pilot, if he or she does not feel sufficiently well rested, to say so and not fly."
"Regional airlines have become vital to the Nation."
"Our thoughts and prayers continue for the families of Continental 3407 as we focus all of our efforts to doing everything possible to make sure that an accident like that never happens again."