"There was absolute fraud ab initio."
"So, do you think it was a fair characterization in making that argument that in buying CDs, these customers were loaning the broker-dealers money?"
"I 100 percent agree with you, and in fact, I endorse the proposal allowing the SEC to be able to initiate SIPA proceedings."
"That came from the Obama administration's short-sighted and knee-jerk reaction, particularly in the way they imposed a 6-month drilling moratorium."
"That was a lie, a flat-out lie, and the experts eventually said that and made that clear."
"I am deeply concerned about a regulatory avalanche coming from the Obama administration, aimed toward oil and gas."
"To a lay person, when you have a radical, dangerous regime which has the capability within months of having nuclear weapons, it is not credible that everybody is just going to sit on their hands."
"I also commend the esteemed Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Richard Shelby, for authorizing you to do so."
"I commend you for holding this field hearing to build a record to educate your colleagues."
"Senators Sherrod Brown and David Vitter have proposed a scale for capital requirements, with greater focus on the leverage ratio."
"I commend you for working on this legislation and bringing it to the Senate."