the Mexican drug cartels are the No. 1 organized crime threat in the United States today.
This morning, we are going to focus in on the ruthless drug violence in Mexico.
This is an existential threat to the government of Mexico.
I think you are going to need more resources to get this job done.
We have an inherent tendency to want to support 'surges,' particularly when we think they protect the security of the Un...
It would be a mistake to paint every financial institution with the same broad brush.
I can also promise you rating agencies are going to be very much a part of our overall effort.
We are going to again explore ways in which we will try to modernize and improve bank regulation and supervision.
I'm disappointed, frankly, that those who requested this kind of a change didn't have the courage to stand up a couple o...
With all due respect, this is the problem. In a sense, we talk about too big to fail in the sense of private institution...
It seems to me you get, like in the thrift crisis years ago, the regulator becomes also the one that also deals with the...
I have said over and over again I am sort of agnostic on all of this. I want to do what works.
I think that should be preserved.
The administration had expressed reservations about the amendment. They came to us and asked for modifications.
People are furious right now, and they should be.
But shouldn't that have raised a red flag? You are the experts in this area, and you were watching people get loans with...
A year later, taxpayers are forced to pump billions of dollars into our major banking institutions to keep them afloat.
There were hundreds of thousands of bad loans. Hundreds of thousands of them.
