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I do not want to argue with you about what capital--

When the tests were first set up, bank supervisors could restrict stock buybacks and dividend payments to strengthen the bank's balance sheet.

We cannot play politics with the full faith and credit of the United States.

Your job, the Fed's job, members of Congress' job is to serve the public, not their stock portfolios.

Let me ask you the question then. I take it you do not have any regrets about any changes to the stress test?

The debt limit is not about future spending--it's about meeting obligations we've already made, like the bipartisan, overwhelmingly popular CARES Act.

We cannot declare the recovery complete until all workers can find a job that pays them fair wages and treats them with dignity.

I just do not think that is a risk worth taking.

So today I want to talk about three instances of that and ask you to think about them in hindsight.

So let me just ask, do you regret slashing liquidity requirements designed to protect markets from crashing like they did in 2008?

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