"We should do this, but we should do it with care and deliberation and not worshipping at the alter of deregulation."
"I have actually found this discussion incredibly interesting. And I think anyone listening to the panel would arrive at the conclusion that yes, regulation does impose costs on companies like Mr. Hatf..."
"I get about $7 billion, a very--"
"$250 billion in market cap obliterated in the meltdown which David Schweikert called a little financial rollercoaster."
"I happen to think that the reforms in Dodd-Frank, many of them are terribly, terribly important."
"If we pursued that policy, it would actually not be helpful toward full employment?"
"Centuries of experience with bubbles and crashes have shown us the need for smart regulation--how important that is to well-functioning markets."
"I have watched as the Republican Majority has seized each and every opportunity to remove and erode every protection that is there in the law for our investors."
"We are obviously here for political reasons."
"How have investors in this country fared over the Obama Administration?"
"Since March 2009, shortly after the President took office, the stock market alone has restored $7.2 trillion in household wealth to U.S. investors."
"Sovereign states, regardless of how we feel about their activities or motivations, are entitled to protection under sovereign immunity and to due process."