"Patients and physicians deserve to be fully informed about the benefits and risks of medical devices, and the companies making the devices should be held accountable if they fail to achieve this standard."
"His response was, 'Well, they don't even know what the value is.' Billions of dollars, and they have no idea what the value is."
"Explain that asset bubble as it regards this."
"We need someone with these skills, this background and experience, and these values to lead the Commission."
"The financial sector has come up with all of these exotic products. No one really understands them except maybe a few people on Wall Street"
"I have absolute confidence in his integrity and in his judgment."
"I enthusiastically endorse and introduce Gary Gensler to the Committee to be the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission."
"Again and again, actions in our futures markets have caused some havoc across our country and economy."
"We need to discuss this further because I had a student loan, and I bought a car with a loan long before any of these derivatives ever existed."
"I asked the question in our October hearing, I said, what market forces out there demanded these products? Who was demanding this? The answer came, no one."
"We must have an unflinching determination on the part of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to restore integrity to these important markets."