I would implore you that one key aspect of that financial education should be regarding the unintended consequences of Federal intervention in the markets...

This agency, in my opinion, merits a great deal of independence given what we went through with the debacle as it relates to financial institutions.

We would all agree, I don't think there would be any disagreement on this, that there is a necessary balance between premarket and postmarket FDA processes.

The debate today and for some time now has really been about how independent the CFPB will be.

I appreciate your efforts in that.

We should not have our head in the sands.

I think you were courageous to offer the budget you did.

56 percent of our jobs are small businesses. They pay their corporate income taxes through the individual Tax Code.

Answer the question, please.

You stick to your speaking points rather well.

I have grave concern for a couple of reasons. One is, of course, I want folks in the United States to have access to the best devices possible to maintain their health and safety, number one, and secondly, the medical device industry is…

Thank you for not answering the question.

We are looking at a 40 percent tax on small businesses. How do you plan to protect small businesses?

What I hear, though, today, is your sort of theory on economics here is that government needs to invest more money, to spend more money to decrease our debt.

If I am not mistaken, Cadillac is a GM brand, and what I find so interesting is that so many on the other side of the aisle opposed the administration's successful attempt to save our country's auto industry.

What is a very potentially strong boon to our economy is the development of our abundance of sun and wind and geothermal.

I second the request to have the pre-inspection station at the Peace Bridge.

I want to thank General and Mr. Secretary, Secretary Hale for your service to our country and particularly, Secretary Panetta and Mr. Hale, your accessibility to members of this committee and the Congress.