utah resort. more than a hundred people enjoyed the weekend, paid for by his political action committee. a lobbyist from the mortgage bankers association donated $5,000 to hensarling and february. also present, a representative from visa, a $5,000 donor. he received more than $1.3 million from big finance in 2012. this is the way business is done. a routine manifestation of political coziness. joining me right now, gary
gary gentz, so the cftc, they re right at the center of this, they re derivatives control. what s he able to do? he said i want to have an open door. anybody who wants to come in and talk about derivative reform can come and see me. and what happens? goldman, sachs. you know who they have a staff of 12 from new york who can fly down and u.s. perg has two meetings over a three-year period. gary rivlin, great piece. thank you very much. thank you, chris. up next, a truly insane build introduced in congress that the all in staff seriously did not believe was real. no, really, we were convinced it was from the onion. coming up. you know that guy that owns that aquarium store. he s not gonna sell you some labradoodle, he s gonna sell you tropical fish! he s got salt water tanks, fresh water tanks, brackish tanks, tanks you can t even fathom. that fish?! no you re not ready for that fish.
rivlin author of the cover story in nation. we ve reached out to the congressman and did not get a response. gary, i want to read a quote from your piece. there are so many different ways after dodd-frank, the wall street financial bill that was passed and signed by the president, that the banks have made runs at trying to limit, curtail and kneecap the reform. the first place that start is in the house financial services committee itself, which became controlled by the republicans after the 2010 election. he writes wall street s primary beachahead for fighting dodd-frank has been the house committee on financial services.
they have a staff of 12 from new york who can fly down and u.s. perg has two meetings over a three-year period. gary rivlin, great piece. thank you very much. up next, a truly insane build introduced in congress that the all in staff seriously did not believe was real. no, really, we were convinced it was from the onion. coming up. i am a smart guy. the i m not person that said the fbi blew up the people at the boston marathon. i m not saying people in the fbi blew up innocent people. you re saying that. that s what makes you a dumb ass. now why you are you in my [ bleep ]ing neighborhood? it s one thing when false flag notions are kept to the conspiracy-minded fringe. it s another thing all together when these things are oozing into the republican party and halls of government.
february. also present, a representative from visa, a $5,000 donor. he received more than $1.3 million from big finance in 2012. this is the way business is done. a routine manifestation of political coziness. joining me right now, gary rivlin author of the cover story in nation. we ve reached out to the congressman and did not get a response. gary, i want to read a quote from your piece. there are so many different ways after dodd-frank, the wall street financial bill that was passed and signed by the president, that the banks have made runs at trying to limit, curtail and kneecap the reform. the first place that start is in the house financial services committee itself, which became controlled by the republicans after the 2010 election. he writes wall street s primary beachahead for fighting