"Earmarks is part of the problem, and we must stop it."
"Earmarks are absolutely a problem, and we must end earmarks."
"I am philosophically opposed to earmarks."
"I think it is a very dicey, risky position that we are in right now if we do not address my two biggest concerns being liquidity and valuations."
"I think the answer to that is that if, as we all sit around this table, is that it is clearly the small businesses that are going to jumpstart the economy and supply the funds to be able to build empl..."
"I believe what will happen is that you are effectively tying both hands behind the economy's back because if you do believe that it is the community banks that will provide that source of funding to a..."
"I see a tremendous amount of transfer of wealth going from the community organizations... back into Wall Street."
"We will look at each individual program and we will do a stepwise process to this."
"Nothing is off-limits. And we will -- let me finish. The other thing is, is that we will look at each individual program and we will do a step-wise process to this."
"My answer to the question is that nothing is off -- off to -- off-limits."
"I would not engage in earmarks. I think we need to end earmarks. So, I'm philosophically opposed to earmarks. Earmarks is part of the problem, and we must stop it. I'm very frugal. I'm very conservati..."