Brad Sherman actually said...

"What can you do as regulators to prod the banks into making those small- and medium-sized business loans, instead of using all their capital on Wall Street?"

"If I could interrupt, it used to be that character mattered, that relationships mattered."

"The American economy, if it fails, will not fail because, in 2014, there weren't enough entities and funds and hedge funds buying stocks and bonds from the biggest corporations."

"We all agree we should be engaged in the region. We ought to provide diplomatic support for our allies. But I fear that we have already begun to go overboard."