"H.R. 4318, The Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act, introduced by Rep. Huizenga, would place a cap on attorney fees that can be awarded by the courts."
"What I am concerned about is when we are using $230 billion, $240 billion to service our long-term debt, how long before we see interest rates go up."
"I have seen some projections that anywhere from a 6 percent to an 8 percent growth rate would need to happen here in the United States for us to take care of what our spending problem has created."
"The math isn't adding up."
"What has all this spending in QE2 and 3 and Twist and all the others really accomplished?"
"Central banks that operate independently will deliver better results than those that are dominated by the government."
"So if we had simply doubled our level of stimulus spending, we wouldn't be where we are at?"
"Are we doing anything, though, to then mitigate that--what would be $18.5 trillion in debt instead of $17 trillion in debt for our long term?"
"I can't help but note that we are the only advanced economy that has adopted this prohibition on proprietary trading."
"The logic of saying, if we are not going to come up and replace this Volcker Rule with another rule, somehow we condone bad behavior by somebody else is ridiculous on its face."
"QM has really sort of dominated this Qualified Mortgage definition, and I would like to head a little in that direction."
"I am very concerned about that. For those people out there trying to lend, this--these assets, there is a real fear that there is too much of that constriction on there."