Excerpt from H. R. 1062, the Financial Services Competitiveness Act of 1995, Glass-Steagall Reform, and Related Issues (Revised H. R. 18), Vol. 1: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session; February 28, 1995, March 1, 1995 There have been several unsuccessful efforts since that time to do so, but I believe we have now finally achieved substantial con sensus that change is necessary. And I believe the goal is within our reach. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.