"Ordinary Americans need to know that... they are not going to get a free pass while firemen and teachers are paying their fair share of taxes."
"The Fed frankly has its hands full."
"I think there's widespread consensus that we do need to have a systemic risk monitor."
"It troubles me that banks have received billions of dollars without having to demonstrate that they've increased lending."
"While I supported the short-term fiscal stimulus as necessary to get our economy back on track, I am troubled that the President's budget proposes to double the debt in 5 years and triple it in 10."
"It is disturbing to me that we really cannot assess what impact TARP funds has had on recipients, and whether TARP has truly increased lending."
"The Obama budget will produce a deficit level averaging 5.3 percent of GDP across the 10-year budget window."
"I think that the whole issue of leveraging preparers is going to be part of our tax gap strategy."
"This decision has been perplexing to many of the automobile dealers in my State."
"I don't see, on the grassroots level, the benefits of putting billions of dollars into financial institutions."
"I remain very concerned, as I indicated to you in our conversation yesterday, about the management accountability and transparency of the troubled asset relief program (TARP) fund."