Regulations are not meant for the good players. No regulation is ever meant for the good players. They are only meant to say, 'There is the line. Bad players can't cross here.'

All regulations are simply drawing the line saying, here is where we are.

I am very much concerned about our military families.

It does appear that when Mr. Bush had an important economic appointment to make, he said, get me the usual suspect, which was Chairman Bernanke.

I am always struck by the ability of my Republican colleagues to engage in a kind of duality of the mind with regard to Federal spending.

if it turns up that our largest banks in the world repeatedly, intentionally lied in order to manipulate the market, do you think it is appropriate for them to be held accountable?

Because I would appreciate and I think the American people would appreciate it very much if somebody who intentionally lied to manipulate a worldwide market on something that affects every one of our daily lives will be held accountable.

I am proud of those. While we can make them more efficient, I am not prepared to maintain more and more military spending at their expense.

I don't think everybody would like that, but there is a serious question.

It is unrealistic to think that nothing is going to happen.

The most important, according to the way it is presented here, is what is going on in Europe.