We at the Des Moines Register believe in the power of civil discourse. We ask you to practice the best of iowa nice and please let our speaker have his say without interruption. And if you happen to bring a sign, please keep it down so that people behind you can see the speaker. Our next speaker is robert f. Kennedy junior. [cheering] [chanting bobby] mr kennedy is an author and attorney whos been focused on environmental causes and childrens welfare. Hes a founder of Waterkeeper Alliance and a founder of the Childrens Health defense and now hes running for the democratic nomination for the presidency. Please welcome Bobby Kennedy to the soapbox. [cheering] thanks a lot, Des Moines Register, and thank you so much to all of you for coming out here today when i did my announcement speech in boston a couple of months ago, i talked about how my purpose in running was to challenge the corrupt merger of state and corporate power, which was strip mining the American People and destroying the
And if you happen to bring a sign, keep it down so that the behind you can speaker. Our next speaker is Robert F Kennedy junior. [cheering] [chanting bobby] mr kennedy is an author and attorney whos been focused on environmental causes and childrens welfare. Hes a founder of Waterkeeper Alliance and a founder of the Childrens Health defense and now hes running for the democratic nomination for the presidency. Please welcome Bobby Kennedy to the soapbox. [cheering] thanks a lot, des moines register, and thank you so much to all of you for coming out here today. When i did my announcement in boston a couple of months ago, i talked about how my purpose in running was to challenge the corrupt merger of state and corporate power, which was strip mining the American People and destroying the american middle class, strip mining them of their equity, their wealth and ultimately their democracy. I am going to try if i got the time to talk about three examples of how that is happening, how that
Bringing housing and affairs will come to order. Thank you from our eight witnesses today. Senator, thank you for your work on this. The eight bank ceos appearing before us today lead the biggest global systemically important banks of the United States of america, your banks hold nearly 15 trillion in assets, manage trillions of dollars of investments and retirement accounts, fund the Biggest Companies in our country. You hold nearly half the nations deposits, more than 80 trillion in client assets, your banks touch almost every aspect of our Financial System and working americans money, even if they are not your customers. All of that makes you eight of the most powerful people in the country, the banks iran are so large, so complex, so interconnected, that their distress or failure could pose a threat to the entire global Financial System. You may be private companies, but the risks you take and the mistakes you make dont just affect you, they dont even just affect your customers, no
Bringing housing and affairs will come to order. Thank you from our eight witnesses today. Senator, thank you for your work on this. The eight bank ceos appearing before us today lead the biggest global systemically important banks of the United States of america, your banks hold nearly 15 trillion in assets, manage trillions of dollars of investments and retirement accounts, fund the Biggest Companies in our country. You hold nearly half the nations deposits, more than 80 trillion in client assets, your banks touch almost every aspect of our Financial System and working americans money, even if they are not your customers. All of that makes you eight of the most powerful people in the country, the banks iran are so large, so complex, so interconnected, that their distress or failure could pose a threat to the entire global Financial System. You may be private companies, but the risks you take and the mistakes you make dont just affect you, they dont even just affect your customers, no
Bringing housing and affairs will come to order. Thank you from our eight witnesses today. Senator, thank you for your work on this. The eight bank ceos appearing before us today lead the biggest global systemically important banks of the United States of america, your banks hold nearly 15 trillion in assets, manage trillions of dollars of investments and retirement accounts, fund the Biggest Companies in our country. You hold nearly half the nations deposits, more than 80 trillion in client assets, your banks touch almost every aspect of our Financial System and working americans money, even if they are not your customers. All of that makes you eight of the most powerful people in the country, the banks iran are so large, so complex, so interconnected, that their distress or failure could pose a threat to the entire global Financial System. You may be private companies, but the risks you take and the mistakes you make dont just affect you, they dont even just affect your customers, no