The manner in which the President introduced these new ideas is not conducive to developing thoughtful, comprehensive reform legislation.
Can the regulator deal with that now under the safety and soundness, in your judgment?
the spirit of the Volcker Rule, I think, is a good idea.
I remain willing to consider any proposal that will strengthen our regulatory framework and help our economy.
Do you believe that regulators presently have the ability to restrict a firm's activities, including their proprietary trading, if they deem...
If they have the authority, then it is a question of do they have the will to use their authority. Is that right?
If we basically all agree--and I hope we do--that nothing is too big to fail, and if we have sound regulation, the power, that regulators ha...
I think it is absolutely critical that that be clear in the legislation.
The stated objective of the Administration's newest proposals is to enhance the safety of the banking system. I certainly agree with that.
I will get back to you if I find that I am incorrect.
Congress has not specifically told NASA not to terminate those programs.
I worry about science education, math education in rural towns because the town I grew up in, I was blessed. I had a very good math and scie...
And the reason I mention that was because the, you know, my staff was given the numbers of Ares I, the operation cost at $1.3 billion.
The idea that education is a local prerogative, and that people can decide how dumb they want their children to be, and it is no concern to ...
We are getting our clock cleaned by nations that have really devoted themselves to driving math and science through to their young people.
The proposal this administration has submitted for NASA to abandon the Constellation vision and strategy leaves the program worthy of a less...
Isn't it a big risk for our Space Program for NASA to be aggressively canceling and freezing all Constellation contracts which were on sched...
Our hope was that NASA's request would include realist dollar amounts for human exploration.
