"He thinks it is unfair--and so do I--that lenders can take taxpayer money but do not have to help homeowners."
"We shouted the statistics as long as we could. We held meetings to develop legislation, but for years, the previous administration just covered its ears."
"I have grave concerns that this merger will have far reaching negative consequences for artists, fans, promoters, and the music industry as a whole."
"One of the biggest lessons I have learned over this period of time is that some of these institutions simply will not police themselves and lenders will not modify their own, in many cases. Voluntary ..."
"We want people to make profits. That is what America is all about."
"We must take action to prevent this from happening again."
"The situation you describe is of a serious emergency nature. And just adds fuel to the fire that this country is now in front of us."
"It's a terrible dilemma for us."
"We must crack down on these crooks and the scams they are running."
"How effective do you think it's been? How do you measure something like that?"
"The unemployment rate in our country is the highest it's been in 16 years."
"It's so discouraging when we look at what's happening to our people by the forces at work in terms of the losses of homes and property and assets and spirit."
"It's difficult I know, Commissioner Harbour, for most consumers to know the difference between a scam and a legitimate program."
"I don't want to keep you on this but perhaps you could give us, send in a report about how you measure effectiveness because those are the things we talk about constantly."
"This is clearly a critical time for our government to be standing up for consumers."
"I want to ask Dr. Pachauri, what are the credentials for membership in the IPCC? Is there a credential that one has to bring to be a member?"
"You dispute the fact that a consensus has validity, do I understand you correctly?"
"Do you think there is a conspiracy, Dr. Happer?"
