I know that in the debate about how to respond to the Ebola crisis, among the best pieces of advice we all got here was that local validators are a lot better than validators outside of a local area.

I think we have to think about it in terms of the moral obligation to do that.

In a rural State like Montana, community banks and credit unions are the lifeblood for capital for businesses and personal families.

If we had the Gates budget of 2012, the defense budget this year would be somewhere around $612 billion.

I would just ask that this Committee and the regulators match the risks with the regulation.

Do you seriously believe Putin cares about agreements?

Our community banks and credit unions play a unique and critical role in the market for financial services.

It sounds to me like the consensus from our Federal regulators is that, out of the several thousand community banks out there, nearly every single one has under $10 billion in assets.

These small institutions clearly do not pose the same kinds of risks as the biggest banks.

Every parent wants to protect their children. Parents should know that all of the credible scientific evidence suggests that modern vaccines are safe, modern vaccines are effective, and modern vaccines are our best chance of protecting our…

Are there additives or preservatives in vaccines that can be toxic to kids?

When the polio and measles vaccine became available for the first time, parents lined up to make sure their kids would be protected.

Is there any scientific evidence that vaccines cause autism?

Is there any scientific evidence that vaccines cause profound mental disorders?

Because of smart investments over the last several decades, we now have a vaccine for HPV that helps to prevent cancer.

I just think that 6 years ago--we need to focus on the fact that 6 years ago we suffered through the worst financial crisis in generations, one that caused millions of families to lose their homes, their jobs, their retirement savings, and…

So nearly all of the banks that you are supervising, community banks are going to be under $1 billion, much less under $10 billion.

I want to be sure that it is really about helping community banks and not about helping their much larger competitors.