"I think the penalties need to be stiffer. I truly believe that."
"Obviously, some of the information that was given to us we did not agree with and felt like there should have been a business case analysis prior to the decisions being made."
"I appreciate his commitment on that, and I want to ask you for your support, that the program managers will continue to operate the way they currently do."
"I just once again would like to point out that end-users didn't cause this problem, and I hope that we are able to work in a bipartisan fashion to get the exemptions for the end-users."
"If you look at the CFTC website, it says that swaps were the center of the 2008 financial crisis, and I would think that maybe an improper use of swaps or abuse of swaps might be a better description ..."
"I personally think you get there by more access to capital markets and reducing the regulatory burden on small businesses."
"Government programs have a beginning, a middle, and no end."
"Every American out there has had to adjust their budget down to deal with the realities of this economy."
"I think absolutely that Americans understand that we must address this problem--these problems I should say--now."
"They want a plan for where we are going. They understand that we are all going to have to give some now so that our children and our grandchildren can again have the benefit of being an American."
"They expect us to do the same thing. And they are very scared that they don't see the courage or the political will."