We cannot risk an economic catastrophe.
This is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem - this is an American problem.
The clock is ticking on this crisis.
We should not hand over a blank check to the discretion of one man.
But here's what I also know: I know we can steer ourselves out of this crisis.
I will not allow this plan to become a welfare program for Wall Street executives.
This plan cannot be a welfare program for CEOs whose greed and irresponsibility has contributed to this crisis.
The American people are facing a moment of economic crisis.
There should be a path for taxpayers to recover their money, and to turn a profit if Wall Street prospers.
We cannot bail out Wall Street without helping millions of families facing foreclosure on Main Street.
I don't want to wake up in four years to find that more Americans fell out of the middle-class.