Eliot Spitzer Quotes
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I don't like politicians who vacillate.
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I would say to those who don't like the metaphor This is reality.
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Frankly, it was never practicable for the AG's office to receive a vast sum of money and then try to disperse that money to individual investors, ... Those individual investors will have to go through some sort of fact-finding process to demonstrate who relied on who and is owed how much.
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First, before any bids were submitted, the defendants determined which insurance company would win the business. Second, they set a 'target' for the winner to submit as its bid.
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While the company has acknowledged allowing some improper market timing, the full extent of the problem at Seligman has not been disclosed to investors.
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Proponents cleverly wrapped the word reform around the amendment, ... But calling a mule a thoroughbred doesn't make it one.
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We need to be vigilant to protect our children, ... It is imperative that parents, industry, prosecutors and lawmakers all work together to identify and address possible threats, and that we teach our children to protect themselves from those who would do them harm.
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Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding.
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While 2013 will not see a major national election, we can be sure that most Republicans will obstruct and some Democrats will appease.
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We are hearing from consumers who are saying 'I called in an order, I placed an order online, and it wasn't executed timely,' and as a result they lost money.
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This is an enormous victory over the concerted efforts by the Bush administration to dismantle the Clean Air Act.
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A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL.
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Federated worked with regulators to address problems with improper trading, ... With this agreement, virtually the entire mutual fund industry has now sworn off improper trading practices and agreed to compensate investors who were harmed.
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As someone with a deep faith in competition and the market, I also know that markets only work with tough enforcement of the rules that guarantee competition and fair play - and that the pressure to break those rules only gets stronger as the amount of money involved gets larger.
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I strongly urge all retailers to heed the warnings issued about these products, pull them from distribution immediately, and ship them back to Sony.
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It's about making sure retail investors get a fair shake, ... The one thing they deserve is honest advice and fair dealing.
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To survive, the GOP needs to invite people in, not shut them out.
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The big lie out there, the big lie that the Republicans propagate day after day, is that cutting marginal rates for those at the top is going to create jobs. It's simply not true.
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This is not an insult. This is a statement of the harsh reality of the economic data that people should look at.
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I think the investment community, consumers, the investment houses themselves are anxious to get resolution here, ... So the faster we can fill that void and get closure on this, the better.
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State and local regulators are the officials with the closest contact with the regulated community, ... Given their close intimate knowledge of the business they regulate, they are in a much better position than Congress to judge whether a particular small business is deserving of leniency for a first-time violation.
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As founders of a company that bore their names, Mr. Pilgrim and Mr. Baxter should have set an example of integrity and fair play, ... Instead, they were at the center of improper conduct that deceived and harmed their clients.
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Acting as a good corporate citizen, ... did the right thing. We asked them to create a filter to stop this kind of thing and they have done so.
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Like everyone else, I am wary about the way spending is being increased at some levels.