Political Quotes

“Let me also say that my good friend and neighbor from New Hampshire, Senator Gregg, took to the floor yesterday to express his outrage that 10 Senators on the Budget Committee voted for an amendment I offered-- which lost, by the way, 12 to 10--to begin the process of breaking up too-big-to-fail financial institutions that pose a catastrophic risk to our economy. Frankly, after listening to Senator Gregg's statement, I wonder, with all due sincerity, what planet he is living on. Apparently, he has missed the fact that due to the greed, the recklessness, and the illegal behavior of Wall Street, the American people continue to suffer through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The damage done by Wall Street in bringing this economy to a grinding halt is incomprehensible--millions of people having lost jobs, their homes, their savings, young people trying to go out into the job market to begin a career in their lives unable to do that because of the greed of Wall Street. The fact that just yesterday we could not get one Republican vote to proceed to begin the debate on how we finally reform Wall Street is beyond my comprehension.”