Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 thank you for telling us about your scholarship and we look forward to learning more about this period of American History through the writings of julia tyler. Thanks for your time. Thank you very much. We have a few minutes left. I want to get a couple more calls in. Next one is a call from bill in fishers, indiana. Hi. Caller enjoying your show very much and your two guests as well very much. I was wondering was julia a religious person and i was wondering about her conversion to catholicism and how that influenced her later life. Do you know. I will leave julia to talk about her. Was she religious . Not really, but she does join the Catholic Church later in life and im not sure why she actually does that. Perhaps the church gains more by that than she does because theres always been that tension between protestants and catholics in this country, even though we dont have an official religion, most people think of america as
The committee will come to order. The gentleman from texas, mr. Green, who is also the chair for subcommittee and oversight for investigations is recognized for five minutes. Thank you, madam chair. Madam chair, as a practitioner, i once represented a recipient of welfare who was charged with a crime because she made more money at a job and received some benefits from the federal government. She had to be prosecuted. A crime was alleged. If this bank, where its mu was smaller, had maybe ten employees, had engaged in this type of activity, opening fraudulent accounts, creating fraudulent credit cards, someone would be prosecuted. A small bank would have had prosecutions take place within the ranks of the person within the bank. Evidence shows that small banks have had persons prosecuted. But wells fargo created 1. 5 million fraudulent accounts. Wells fargo had over 500,000 credit cards created, fraudulently. Is it the case that if you become so big and you create such a grand scheme, th
Thank you. This hearing is entitled Holding Wells Fargo Accountable examining the roll of board of directors and that the greatest patterns of consumer abuses. Today, we received testimony from elisabeth and mr. James quigley who until earlier this weeks are as chair of the board of directors of wells fargo and companys Walls Fargo Bank respectively. Both have resigned as our call for the resignations following the release of us phasing majority statute on wells fargos compliance failures in their individual failures as Board Members. Resignations do not absolve them of their failures. Directors at wells fargo, and institutions across this country must understand that they are the last line of defense when it comes to protecting your companys shareholders, employees and customers. And while ms. Duke mystically said said, there resigned to quote, avoid distractions that would be cleared and this is not a distraction, we are examining the conduct and the dereliction of duty. Over the pas
Board of directors chair, elizabeth duke, and former board member james quigley. Thank you. This hearing is entitled Holding Wells Fargo Accountable examining the roll of board of directors and that the greatest patterns of consumer abuses. Today, we received testimony from elisabeth and mr. James quigley who until earlier this weeks are as chair of the board of directors of wells fargo and companys Walls Fargo Bank respectively. Both have resigned as our call for the resignations following the release of us phasing majority statute on wells fargos compliance failures in their individual failures as Board Members. Resignations do not absolve them of their failures. Directors at wells fargo, and institutions across this country must understand that they are the last line of defense when it comes to protecting your companys shareholders, employees and customers. And while ms. Duke mystically said said, there resigned to quote, avoid distractions that would be cleared and this is not a di
Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Created by campell and 97 and brought to you today by your television provider. The former wells fargo executive testified themselves as the consumer abuses that led to the executives earnings. Members of the House Financial Services committee question the witnesses on their actions at wells fargo and why no one has been prosecuted for the consumer abuses. This is just over two and a half hours. Thank you. This hearing is entitled Holding Wells Fargo Accountable examining the roll of board of directors and that the greatest patterns of consumer abuses. Today, we received testimony from elisabeth and mr. James quigley who until earlier this weeks are as chair of the board of directors of wells fargo and companys Walls Fargo Bank respectively. Both have resigned as our call for the resignations following the release of us phasing majority statute on wells fargos compliance failures in their individual failures as Board Members. Resignations do n