"Would the SBA be more effective if it became a direct lender again instead of working only through financial institutions?"
"So we know for a fact credit is shrinking."
"It's a step in the right direction."
"But this is presumably for banks that wouldn't take the funds through another program."
"Do you believe banks will want to participate in this? It's going to be a different kind of program."
"I would like to begin this morning by extending our sincere thanks to the City of Phoenix, the University of Arizona, Senator John McCain, Senator John Kyl, and Congressman Ed Pastor for hosting us an..."
"When the Government says it's going to put programs in to do more SBA lending, do we have any sense of how much leverage that's going to create?"
"It's a very small fraction, isn't it?"
"SBA loans are what portion of total small business lending?"
"Do you know how much debt from the government of Greece that Citi holds?"
"I want to know if the American taxpayer gets paid for that."