These are extraordinary times and it calls for swift and extraordinary action.

I'm confident that with the recovery package moving through the House and through the Senate, with the excellent work that's already been done by Secretary Geithner in consultation with Larry Summers and Paul Volcker and other individuals…

The American people understand that we've got a big hole that we have got to dig ourselves out of. But they don't like the idea that people are digging a bigger hole even as they're being asked to fill it up.

I saw an article today indicating that Wall Street bankers had given themselves $20 billion worth of bonuses. The same amount of bonuses as they gave themselves in 2004 at a time when most of these institutions were teetering on collapse…

That is the height of irresponsibility. It is shameful and part of what we're going to need is for the folks on Wall Street who are asking for help to show some restraint and show some discipline and show some sense of responsibility.

Now is not that time.

I know that we stay focused as Lily did and keep standing for what's right as Lily did. We will close that pay gap and we will make sure that our daughters have the same rights, the same chances and the same freedoms to pursue their dreams…

And part of what we're going to need is for the folks on Wall Street who are asking for help to show some restraint, and show some discipline, and show some sense of responsibility.

I know that, if we stay focused, as Lilly did, and keep standing for what's right, as Lilly did, we will close that pay gap, and we will make sure that our daughters have the same rights, the same chances, and the same freedoms to pursue…

There will be time for them to make profits, and there will be time for them to get bonuses. Now is not that time.

I'm confident that, with the recovery package moving through the House and through the Senate, with the excellent work that's already been done by Secretary Geithner in consultation with Larry Summers and Paul Volcker and other…