Stephane Fitch, a former Forbes bureau chief, is founder and managing editor of FitchInk, an editorial services and distributive journalism firm.

FORBES: 5 Questions Congress Should Ask Obama Commerce Nominee Penny Pritzker

This is a guest post by Stephane Fitch, the former Chicago Bureau Chief of Forbes and the founder and managing editor of FitchInk, an editorial services and distributive journalism firm.

FORBES: 5 Questions Congress Should Ask Obama Commerce Nominee Penny Pritzker

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It is important to repeat that the editorial omits the key point, that it was exactly in that period that the House Financial Services Committee, that I chair, passed and helped pass through the House a bill that embodied the reforms asked for by the Bush administration, and that was the basis for Secretary Paulson's and FHFA Director James Lockhart's recent actions.

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