He believes in leveling the playing field so that small companies can compete fairly.

This political gamesmanship is preventing Americans from receiving the consumer protections they deserve.

Richard Cordray has spent his career in public service caring about people.

The misleading claim of no CFPB accountability... should be exposed for what it is: an attempt to destroy the Bureau's ability to do its job.

I actually want to start with COO because in the way I understand this, this becomes even more important.

I just think there is a lot of evidence that they have not had a fighting chance in the credit markets over the last decade and, in some cases, longer.

I am not able to negotiate or discuss the settlement negotiations with you in any way, shape, or form. I am sorry.

Congressman, we are not there yet. We will go for the first time--next Thursday is the first day that we will be statutorily authorized to show up at the banks.

So let me say two things very quickly on that. We have a Web site that is up and running right now, www.consumerfinance.gov.

The purpose of the consumer protection agency, as I see it, is to give consumers a fighting chance in the credit marketplace.

One part of the agency that I am enormously excited about is that we will have bank supervision officers who will be in the banks.