Laura Fisher Quotes (9 Quotes)

The new bankruptcy law, ... is really targeted at the 5 percent to 10 percent of people who were abusing the system.

Credit counseling is as important as legal counseling.

They just don't have the human resources to run the bank and then to read and analyze and comply with thousands of pages of regulations.

The quilts were signed by and often made by a group of people, usually as a presentation piece to give to someone who might be leaving the community, going out west. Some of them were made as fundraisers or to acknowledge the links between people. This is an old tradition, and it was a way for people to remember and acknowledge how they were connected together.

There is a good bit of misinformation out there. There are people who don't understand the basic tenets of the bill. Statistically, 80 percent of people filing for bankruptcy make less than their state's median income.

The people coming out of bankruptcy need an opportunity to get back on their feet. If you take away the opportunity to get credit, it's like taking away the want ads from a job-seeker.

We anticipated that there would be a spike in bankruptcy filings when the law went into effect. But we anticipate fewer bankruptcy filings in the future. This law will be targeting people who were getting away with bankruptcy murder by discharging bills they could pay.

We're willing to work with Congress as they figure out what's best for the hurricane survivors.

They were the people that I knew the best, and the people I got closest to.