Paul Sarbanes Quotes (27 Quotes)

first-rate academic qualifications, but we need to have a thorough hearing on him to explore a number of issues, including his ability to render independent judgments.

We are confronting a situation in which the Administration, in my view, is once again manufacturing a crisis. There is no crisis in the Social Security system. The system is not on the verge of bankruptcy.

You're having to labor in the shadow of Michael Brown is what I think is happening here.

Company CEOs and chief financial officers must vouch for the accuracy of their companies' public statements,

The fact that the President is calling for still more tax cuts at the same time the Congress is being asked to add 800 billion to the Federal debt ceiling is beyond reckless-it places in jeopardy our future economic strength and the economic security of all Americans.

Where anti-Semitism persists, the well being of all our people is at risk.

As was demonstrated during the 911 tragedies and during other emergencies across Maryland and the Nation on an almost daily basis, the heroism and diligence of America's firefighters and first responders is crucial to the health and safety of our communit

Maryland is happy and proud to have this opportunity to provide world-class medical care for our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines.

Companies that go public should understand that there are responsibilities as well as benefits to going public,

Any person or family displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina ... could get a temporary housing voucher. This is without regard to their income situation, ... It recognizes the storm hit rich and poor alike, and this is an effort to give them some immediate, short-term help so they can move out of the situation in which they find themselves.

I'm all with the president in getting after the bad apples, ... But at the same time, you also have to make changes in the system to give us some assurance that these things won't happen again.

I regretted that the federal open market committee today continued to take interest rates up. You know, growth in the fourth quarter of last year dropped to just about one percent, the worst since 2002 in terms of quarterly growth in the economy. So, we're concerned about that.

unparalleled experience as a judge and prosecutor, and as director of the FBI and of the CIA makes him a superb choice.

That is what has happened to the United States in the international economic scene. We have deteriorated into a debtor status so that we are now dependent upon the kindness of strangers. That is not where the world's leading power should find itself.

The credibility of the Federal Reserve rests in large part on broad confidence in its independence, ... The board can play a very significant role in improving consumer rights and enforcing consumer protections.

You have some way-out requirements, and the company says that's what Sarbanes-Oxley says we have to do, but these changes are neither in the act nor in the regulations implementing the act, ... I don't know where some of these things came from.

It is critically important for the administration to move quickly to appoint credible new economic leaders who understand Main Street America and the investing public who are committed to creating new jobs all across America and who will focus on restoring confidence in the financial markets and addressing corporate malfeasance,

You have to make your voice heard, argue your point of view, make sure that your arguments are well informed, listen to those who disagree with you, giving careful consideration to opposing views and be willing to see your views tested in what we call 'th

I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.

Students of American history will recall that the important place where work gets done in the legislative body, almost without exception, is in the committees, more so than on the floor although sometimes more attention is paid to the floor.

I think the president would serve his own interests if he asked the SEC to release all of that material, ... I think until they do that, people will keep pulling at that thread.

He was a critical partner in our efforts to enact legislation to curb corporate abuse. ... We were united in our objective to restore investors' confidence in the integrity of our capital markets, which had been so egregiously undermined,

We are facing a crisis of confidence that is eroding the public's trust in our markets, and poses a real threat to our economic health, ... The strain on the economy is deep and spreading.

America's Older Americans add great value to our Nation.

I think it's fair to say I don't think it's going to change in this Congress.

Furthermore, and a point I really want to make very strongly, is that this is the first Administration since Herbert Hoover not to create a net gain in jobs in the course of its Administration.

All I wanted were assurances that BWI, Baltimore-Washington International Airport, that its needs would also be addressed,