Jackie Speier actually said...

"Our first and only goal should be maximizing the profits for the taxpayers."

"The taxpayers have spent more than $2 trillion to turn around an economic crisis that had its foundation in the insatiable appetite of Wall Street for the high yields provided by mortgage-backed secur..."

"We can't have that happen again. And I want your advice on what we should do to make sure that your agency becomes the toughest, most scrupulous cop in the Nation."

"If we have learned nothing else in the last few months, it is that there wasn't the vigilance at the SEC."