The scale of our challenges may be great.

Prosperity cannot be sustained if it shuts people out.

It's outrageous that we find ourselves in a position where taxpayers must bear the burden for the greed and irresponsibility of Wall Street and Washington.

Every child - every boy, and every girl - should have the ability to go to school.

We cannot bail out Wall Street without helping millions of families facing foreclosure on Main Street.

This is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem - this is an American problem.

I will not allow this plan to become a welfare program for Wall Street executives.

The American people are facing a moment of economic crisis.

It's a market that has created a prosperity that is the envy of the world.

That's why our economy hasn't just been the world's greatest wealth generator - it's bound America together.

I will finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American.

I don't want to wake up in four years to find that more Americans fell out of the middle-class.

The clock is ticking on this crisis.

We should not hand over a blank check to the discretion of one man.

But here's what I also know: I know we can steer ourselves out of this crisis.

This plan cannot be a welfare program for CEOs whose greed and irresponsibility has contributed to this crisis.

There should be a path for taxpayers to recover their money, and to turn a profit if Wall Street prospers.

We cannot risk an economic catastrophe.