Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to speak on the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which the Senate will pass today. After 2 years of work, the reckless practices of Wall Street firms that resulted in terrible losses for people in Wisconsin and across the nation will finally be ended. These events showed us that maintaining the current regulatory system is not an acceptable option. Wall Street needs accountability and transparency to avoid future financial meltdowns. Congress has the duty to ensure that this kind of failure never happens again. The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act takes vital steps to end ``too big to fail,'' bring unregulated shadow markets into the light, and make our financial system work better for everyone. This bill has been thoroughly deliberated in both the House and the Senate. The Banking Committee held more than 80 hearings since 2008 on the financial crisis, addressing its causes, grave impacts and potential remedies. These hearings explored all of the elements of this legislation in detail, and also looked at the specific regulatory failures that contributed to the crisis. The information gathered at these hearings laid down the foundation for the current bill. The bill was carefully debated and deliberated while on the Senate floor for 3 weeks--almost as long as the debate on health care reform. After the bill passed in the House and the Senate it was then negotiated by the Conference Committee.…”