Lloyd Bentsen: “Bentsen spoke approvingly.”

If we fail to fix [the system] now, the next financial crisis we face will again reveal its flaws.

Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy.

In fact, that is true. We now are projected to pay three times the amount of interest over the next 10 years, almost $2 trillion, as opposed to a little more than half a trillion dollars that we were looking at last May of 2001. This is $2…

If there's a vote on this, Bob, I'm sure I can count on your vote.