Many of us on the Democratic side were more supportive of the crisis efforts of President Bush...

The Volcker Rule, and it does it, I believe, in a thoughtful way.

But with that being said, I think we did a very good job on that.

That has always been the bottom line for all of us.

What we have is an objection to the fact that we have, for the first time, an independent consumer agency.

If that is the case, it does seem to me that responsibility should be broadly shared.

These were not bad guesses about derivatives. This was not overconfidence about mortgages. This was conscious deception in their own self-interest.

These are the death panels. They weren't for old ladies in the health bill; they were for big banks in the financial reform bill.

And I think this is a problem not of the regulators but of the private sector--and of the British, because this was a British association.

the most important issue, it seems to me, regarding municipal finance is one that we took some steps to dealing with...

Municipal securities almost never default.