"As we all know, small businesses are the backbone of our economy."
"Are you looking, as part of your reforms, on combining the OTS with the OCC? That's what my bill does. And needless to say, I think it's a brilliant idea and needs to be done."
"I introduced a bill in March to create a council of regulators to act as a systemic risk monitor."
"We want to have a level playing field, more conservatively set, more evenly enforced across the U.S. financial system."
"I know personally how valuable those centers can be in providing advice and guidance, which can be at least as important--well, maybe not as important, but almost as important as money to a new busine..."
"I think that the whole issue of leveraging preparers is going to be part of our tax gap strategy."
"The IRS is in the midst of a significant hiring initiative for enforcement staff as a result of its fiscal year 2009 budget."
"I think it's a brilliant idea and needs to be done."
"The CBO analysis also shows that the Obama budget will produce a deficit level averaging 5.3 percent of GDP across the 10-year budget window."
"Ordinary Americans need to know that, if they are wealthy and have a lot of assets... they are not going to get a free pass."
"What is the status of efforts to establish an economic stimulus lending program, a secondary market guarantee authority for pools of SBA 504 program first-lien mortgages, and SBA secondary market lend..."