"If we want the free flow of traffic, do away with all the stop lights."
"You know, liquidity is good, but too much liquidity can be bad."
"Well, fooled once, your mistake. Fooled twice, my mistake."
"I think that was a mistake, and I said so at the time. But it did not have the votes."
"Well, I do not know if we really want the free flow of capital; maybe we want the more efficient flow of capital."
"I am proud of the fact I am one of nine Members of the Senate who voted against deregulation of Glass-Steagall."
"I think you would actually lower the costs because you would have more people that would be able to trade with each other with regard to swaps."
"I appreciate your comments today, and hopefully maybe if we move some legislation this year, we can also finally close that loophole."
"I want to challenge you on why you cannot do this on a regulated exchange."
"The more open we are, the more transparent we are, the more information that people have out there in a regulatory framework, the better off we are all going to be."
"It is imperative that we pass strong financial regulatory reform in this body and not just piecemeal, patchwork reform, but comprehensive and fundamental reform that brings full transportation and acc..."