Maxine Waters actually said...

"I think we can start down the road to talking about what this perhaps private-public partnership can be."

"I don't know at this point what that is, but I do know, to the degree that we are able to expedite the tremendous responsibilities we have, we could use whatever assistance we can get."

"We desperately need this. And when we try and compete with Wall Street, with New York, with Chicago, what have you, for these people, it is difficult."

"I could use whatever assistance we can get."