I have a hard time understanding how you have put $2.2 trillion at risk without making those names available.

Should a financial institution that is being bailed out by taxpayers charge those taxpayers 25 or 30 percent interest rates?

Some of us were very concerned about deregulation.

Pay and job tenure should depend on performance, and those which have performed poorly should lose their jobs.

Do you think that the repeal of Glass-Steagall was a tragic mistake?

Thank you Mr. Chairman for calling this hearing today which focuses on such an important issue for every Member of this Committee because we all have rural areas in our states and suffer similar but also unique challenges in providing care…

For many years now, at least for the last 8 years, the rest of this planet has been wondering what the United States of America is doing.

we should be a little bit embarrassed that some of the technologies that we created in this Country are now being aggressively used around the rest of the world.

I think one of the issues that we have to address is not just the cost of addressing the crisis of global warming, it is what is the cost, both monetarily, financially, as well as health-wise, of not addressing the issue.

this is not just an American crisis, this is an international crisis.

I think the evidence seems to suggest that if we do not act aggressively in cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions and reversing global warming, what we are going to look at are trillions of dollars of loss in the international economy…

We look forward to working with you on that.