But I first want to ask why.

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First of all, I wanted to ask why, after just having bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the whole question of Bear Stearns in March, I mean, some people think it's a bailout, some people don't, sort of depending on sort of point of view.

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First of all, whenever people ask me, why isn't Washington working -- I am a fierce defender of the integrity and hard work of individual members, which is, by the way, matched up by --when you look at polls, people hate Congress, but individual members a lot of them feel are really working hard on their behalf.

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