the 22 banks that received the greatest amount of TARP funding have dropped their small business lending portfolio by $10 billion over the past 6 months.

It really annoyed me to see... political classes in Haiti taking the opportunity of a tragedy to... criticize.

I think that the fact that there is no rivalry on Haiti in Washington right now is a positive fact, and it will help us to, I think, respond better to trying to push Haiti to be a little more unified in this.

A lot of great ideas here, and we appreciate it.

I think part of that disconnect, when I look at that Goldman has set aside an astronomical sum of $16.2 billion in compensation for 2009...

I have got to be honest with you, when I walk the streets of New Jersey, the average person comes up to me and says you know what? When I make a mistake, I have to pay for my mistake. And when they--meaning some of our financial…

Your comment raises the last question that I have.

We need a mid-level technician with this kind of experience, and we're going to fund you for 2 years.

And I hope the financial institutions, those that are here and others, understand that because they would be far better served in helping us strike the right balance on the pendulum than going ahead and just fighting us tooth and nail.

I would strongly urge that there be, at the very least, a premeeting that includes them and gets their ideas for some of these issues, going forward.

So, instead of a threat, it would be welcomed.

I think a lot of what gets done right now is going to be critically important to laying the foundation as to whether we can keep the commitment that is necessary.