Last night, the House Republicans tried, and failed, to squelch a speech that I gave on health care. I intend to vote for the health care bill because that bill saves lives. And I also intend to speak out, as loudly as I can, on behalf of those Americans who...

The Republican health care plan is simple: Don't get sick. The Republicans also have a backup plan. If you do get sick, die quickly.

After I said those words, the right wing had its predictable hissy fit, and I knew from that point forward, they would be watching. I immediately...

Last week, Ron Paul and I sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee about the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke.

Before he is reconfirmed for a second term, we think the Senate and American public should know who got the $2 trillion the Federal Reserve has lent...

I heard an interesting anecdote at a Financial Services Committee hearing last month (see the video below). Robert Herz of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) said that financial services companies about to go bankrupt sometimes demanded a change in accounting rules about two weeks before they went under. A...

I was elected last November because the people wanted change. And nowhere is change more desperately needed than on Wall Street, which is apparently the only place in the world where you can steal from the taxpayers and then bill them for services rendered. So far, taxpayers have spent over...