03/01/2011
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"Chairwoman Stabenow, you remember July 2008 when we met and had a debate in front of the Democratic leadership about whether supply-demand or speculation and swaps caused $4-a-gallon gasoline."
"The reason the American taxpayer is furious about the budget crisis is trillions of dollars have been spent to put Wall Street back in the saddle again."
"We need to see realistic alternatives to the kind of slash and burn politics that have taken over our budget debates."
"Senator Roberts, talk to YRC in Overland Park, Kansas. They almost went bankrupt because the holders of credit default swaps did not want them to work out a bankruptcy."