"But Standard & Poor's, the rating agency, is giving you a bump. The bump is valuable."
"But it's your view that Citi isn't getting that from its higher rating, it's not getting that benefit of being A rated?"
"I will take that as a no, that we are not being paid for the guarantee that we are----"
"We don't want to be a shareholder in that company and we think that companies are far stronger if they're public--if they're financed out of the public, rather than the government."
"But of the original nine that needed money within weeks of the original TARP infusion--you got $25 billion, someone said you--the Secretary of the Treasury said you were financially healthy, and withi..."
"It's essential that no institution is viewed----"
"Please don't tell me about advocating change for the future. What I'd like to know is what are you doing to manage the risks that are in front of Citi and facing the American people, right now?"
"Used in the manner that protects home values, college funds, retirement accounts and life savings, and preserves home ownership and promotes jobs and economic growth."
"So, right now, your business model is that you have the exclusive right to sell, in effect, zero percent financing on GM cars."
"No matter how many taxpayer dollars we pumped in."
"So, the notion that somehow we save money by propping up a weaker, more impaired company than we do by cleaning it up and putting it on the block just doesn't add up for me."