Mike Johanns

You are uncompromising in your fairness toward the members, and I appreciate that.

Those are pretty darn good odds. The chances are you are not going to get deported.

The chances of ever being deported and sent back home are slim to none.

I think, as you said, the U.S. taxpayers continue to be very much on the hook and at risk as we do nothing to reform our system and maintain the current structure in which we have Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under U.S. Government control.

I want to pay my five dollars for a trade. I want to give--I want to get access to all of the information they can give me.

A future Congress needs to be careful and thoughtful about how they are going to figure this out.

But, I may want the five-dollar execution.

As an individual investor, then, do I benefit?

But, let me ask you about that. You talked about sub-penny price improvement. Tell me, just as straightforward as you can, does Mr. Brooks win with that?

We should be darn sure about what we are doing, because it could have some economic consequences.

We need the SEC out there to lead this effort.

Maybe more of an observation than a question, and here would be my observation.

Millions of Americans have warmed up to this idea and they like it.

I want a five-dollar trade. What is wrong with that?

I wish it did not. I would rather not spend a single penny on that.

I am one of those Senators who has taken the position and argued for some time that there should be greater oversight over your budget process.

I am just saying we are buying top-dollar design and construction at a time that we do not have the money to pay for it.

There is not much limitation under the law. You can request up to 12 percent of the Federal Reserve's operating budget, and the expenses must be reasonably necessary to carry out your functions.

Businesses have to have capital to grow. They have to have capital to expand, to create jobs.

It seems to me that the way the program is being implemented, it favors large population centers or States, and States like mine, Nebraska, kind of get what is left behind.

I have had the opposite experience. Small businesses really are frustrated with Obamacare, very frustrated.

I would offer this, if you could take out the Nebraska file, and I hate to sound so parochial, but my office would be more than willing to work with you to see how we can make this program more relevant for our State.

These folks had a rough Mother's Day, and I am hopeful that we can get them appropriate assistance quickly.

I would welcome you to Nebraska sometime, and we will get a business roundtable together, and you can hear what I have heard.

Unfortunately, I believe many current policies are hindering rather than helping growth.