banking regulatory frame work, we would do well to incorporate the lessons of the bank of america merle limplg episode that this committee's hearings over the coming weeks will draw. i yield back. thank you. >> thank you, gentleman from ohio. now with yeel to ranking member, jim jordan from hor. >> >>. >>> i want to thank you and the chairman of the sub committee to get to the truth about the issue. i think it's an important first step in learning the full extent of the government's manipulation of the the banking industry. this committee's investigation into the bank of america merrill lynch transaction is raising troubled questions about the abuse of power as both the chair and ranking member have indicated. we've learned that at a minimum then secretary hank paulson threatened to remove mr. lewis and bank of america's board of directors if he exercised his legal option to back out of the deal. we've learned the department of treasury and the federal reserve were involved in discussions about how to be disclosed. we know in october of 2008 mr. paulson brought the ceos of the largest private