Mr. Chairman, I am happy to be on the Committee. I do not know if this shows that I drew the long straw or the short straw, but I am happy to be here.
Too many folks still do not know that--at least Virginians feel that we have totally wasted all that first $350 billion.
A pricing mechanism, basically.
I want to come back to this valuation issue, but I have got a couple of other questions first.
It is not a prerequisite to finish the stress test before you----
the sooner we bite this bullet, the better in terms of trying to get some of these--particularly clean up the balance sh...
They have risk, and hopefully we are going to, at the end of the day, come out relatively close to whole.
I want to hear the testimony, as well, and get to the questions. I am just going to give you a heads up. I am going to c...
We had that situation last week in the Madoff hearing where we had both SEC and FINRA here, and, you know, asked very mu...
I think your question is right at the heart of it.
My concern is, Mr. Chairman, that we clearly need to do a better job of protecting the consumer.