If the banks are not in a stronger financial position, they will not lend.
We are really trying hard to see what the effectiveness is and to make recommendations that might make it more effective.
If we go back to a world where the basic consumer financial products are just steady, and they are just plain vanilla, they are ones that ha...
Nobody should be protected from making mistakes.
We return to the same themes that we started with our very first report about transparency, accountability and clarity throughout the system...
I am very concerned about the ticking time bomb we face in commercial real estate lending.
I believe it is unacceptable for us to continue to allow this anomaly to continue.
Data are critical not only because we can't design programs accurately if we don't know what is going on.
We all should care enormously about the data that we will talk about today and what comes out of this hearing.
I do not believe that the current plan that has been advanced under the TARP legislation... will work to get the credit flowing.
This policy is likely to prolong the agony and leave a still-wounded banking system dragging down the real economy.