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In the nation s capital, Black families reel from the pain of hundreds lost to covid-19, killings
Michael E. Miller, The Washington Post
Dec. 30, 2020
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1of9People prepare on July 7, 2020, to march on the street where Davon McNeal, 11, was fatally shot by a stray bullet after a July 4 cookout organized by his mother, a violence interrupter trying to persuade the Washington, D.C., community to put down their firearms.Washington Post photo by Jahi ChikwendiuShow MoreShow Less
2of9Medical workers arrive Dec. 22, 2020, in the Carver-Langston neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., which has been hit hard by covid and gun violence.Washington Post photo by Jahi ChikwendiuShow MoreShow Less
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it would limit for their own accounts. jm mpmorg j. there are people look at what happened with jpmorgan. they it did something dumb. lost money, didn t collapse, fired the people responsible. this is the market at work. this is how it s supposed to happen. why does the government need to play a role? to some extent that s true, but i take some credit for it. it s because government took control. if jpmorgan lost more than $2 billion, you would have seen more panic in the economy. you would have seen much more conce concern. what we did in the legislation e we passed and through other things was to require the financial institutions to be much better capitalized. so one of the things that s a result of the government telling them, you better have more capital, then you would have had otherwise, that helped give people reassurance. this past week, barney frank spoke about the $2 billion loss by jpmorgan chase as well as the state of the u.s. and world
gave people varying amounts of information? i disagree with that assessment. mr. chairman, i got to tell you, and to my colleagues on the other side. we talk about the safety, the security of this nation, the importance of the nuclear situation in this country. this should be bipartisan. the commission is bipartisan. we ve got people who are suffering under this gentleman right here. he is not living up to the duties. i don t believe you. i think the safety and security of this nation is too important. i think you should resign. i believe in these commissioners and god bless you for the job you re doing and for stepping up and telling it like it is. will the gentleman yield? ly not. it is too important to get this right. the inspector general that goes out and looks at this and you re telling me they re all wrong and you re right. that to me is a lack of leadership, and i hope that there s some sort of change. and if you re going to do the right thing for your country