financial reform
May 27th, 2010
This financial bill was just one more dump truck of dirt into the grave of the American system. The truth is today, that there are two questions:Can a system of American liberty and vitality be repaired? It’s possible, but...
May 18th, 2010
The Senate, yesterday, passed my amendment to the current financial regulatory reform bill that protects U.S. taxpayers from paying for bailouts of irresponsible foreign governments.
April 27th, 2010
I issued the following statement yesterday regarding the cloture vote on Sen. Dodd’s financial regulatory reform bill (S. 3217). Republicans defeated the motion by a vote of 57-41, thus preventing the flawed legislation from...
February 1st, 2010
As member of the Senate Budget Committee, I released the following statement today regarding the President’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2011:
May 20th, 2010
I issued the following statement tonight after the U.S. Senate passed the financial regulatory bill by a vote of 59-39. I voted "No."This bill fails to end "too big to fail," guarantees future taxpayer bailouts for large...
April 30th, 2010
The following was sent in from Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison:For more than a year, Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have been working to craft legislation that would prevent another catastrophic financial crisis like...
April 27th, 2010
Recently, there has been a lot of fuss over the “S” word. Is Obama Socialist? Some say yes. Some say no. Some say the it’s unhelpful to say so. I think that’s true, but the whole discussion is a distraction. Use...
January 27th, 2010
Key excerpts from Obama's 2010 State of the Union Address:We face big and difficult challenges. And what the American people hope – what they deserve – is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our...