Jackie Speier actually said...

"It is far too generous to say that financial institutions were simply opportunistic for selling exotic mortgages to working people and pushing credit cards on students who were unlikely to be able to ..."

"The proposal for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency that we are talking about today is, I believe, one of the most important reforms to come out of this economic meltdown."

"I disagree with my distinguished chairman, Mr. Kanjorski, who does not believe as I do that State regulation is really where insurance regulation should take place."

"It sounds fundamentally undemocratic that you don't have someone independently counting the ballots and that a majority is not required."