And you mentioned 38 matters that are open directly related to the current financial crisis.

I could not agree more with Senator Graham's concern about that.

It has distinguished itself in that regard.

you have to move aggressively, clearly, and to start working.

there is an over-correction going on in the marketplace which argues very strenuously for decisive action, which I hope is forthcoming.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The valuation of these assets is going to be absolutely critical.

I believe that the Treasury Department and these institutions should consider very seriously making the bonus pools consist of the troubled assets.

I recognize that there is a need to maintain and keep talent in these institutions...

If we are going to bear the risk of these investments, then taxpayers should have the benefits in the future.

I think we need to have a coherent and consistent approach, I think an approach that involves accommodation as much as we can.

everything was so classified that they took my notes away, and I was only allowed to read my own notes over in the secure confines of the Intelligence Committee.

I thought in the last administration that we had to introduce the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to the head of the Department of Health and Human Services and remind them that they worked for the same President and wondered…

I've described it as Dick Cheney's 'Little Shop of Legal Horrors.'

We'll be keeping the record open formally for a week for written questions.

This was an effort to, for want of a better word, corrupt the office so that it would do what it was told rather than provide legal advice that was dispassionate and honest.

I think it's important that there be some credibility about this review that marks this as something different.

It's not that small. I mean, when I went over to the old Executive Office building to read the super-classified opinions...