I just think it--is it not ironic that it took a U.S. Senate investigation by Carl Levin to provide the facts that led t...
we were in the middle of a tremendous economic collapse
I think it is something that may help explain some of the cultural issues that seem to be coming up time and time again.
It seems to me on that third point that the best--the very good examiners are going to need that.
I think it takes Congress to do something like that.
Does this not indicate you are just asleep at the switch?
I wanted to go back to the challenge of regulatory capture.
There is something fundamentally wrong with it, apart from safety and soundness, which is essentially a monopoly control...
But, more fundamentally, is there a revolving door policy that bans people who have worked as regulators from then going...
People really respond to incentives, and so one of the problems of Government service in an agency like the Federal Rese...
I think the current law is not effective in accomplishing what it set out to accomplish.
Well, this is happening regularly. We have banks that control pipelines.
Is it your recommendation today that the Fed aggressively require divestment of commodities by banks that are also tradi...
I encourage you to put pedal to the metal in that regard.
I am not quite persuaded of that, but thank you for pursuing it, because a lot of people would be more fairly treated wi...
Thank you for your service as Chairman of this Banking Committee. It has been a pleasure to serve on it.
Are you willing to aggressively pursue a model which would be fundamentally fair to homeowners?
I am not satisfied yet that homeowners have gotten a fair shake when we have been through this time and time again.
