Political Quotes

“Thank you very much. Madam Chair, one thing that I think there is universal anger about, Republicans, Democrats and independents alike in this country, is the lack of responsibility that has been shown, criminal responsibility, for the huge malfeasance and criminality that got us into this economic pickle that we are in. To my knowledge, there has been not one person go to jail as a result of the economic collapse precipitated by the shenanigans and outright criminality in the highest financial places in the land. All Americans, I think, are very angry, with justifiable reasons, about that. If you read any of the books about the collapse on Wall Street, you will share that anger, if you read any of those books. We do not want to see that replicated in this scandal regarding the mortgage servicing situation. We are now advised that there are multiple cases of people knowingly signing affidavits that were false. We are told there are numerous occasions of this robo-signing situation. These nefarious acts have resulted in losses by Americans that should not have happened. We want to send a message, on a bipartisan basis, that the criminal laws need to be respected. My amendment would simply call upon the attorneys general, both Federal and State, to prosecute, as appropriate, these criminal violations. The amendment does not change the responsibility under the criminal statutes for any officers or directors if they are not personally responsible for these wrongful acts.…”