The measures you have taken to put the financial system back on track have left a handful of banks larger than they were prior to the crisis.

I am hopeful that we will see the creation of a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency to police some of these products.

And we seem not to have succeeded at dealing with the credit market in a way that meets some of our goals that are critical to also deal with our unemployment consequences.

Do you believe that the American economy is recovering?

Senator, when I make a mistake, I have to pay for it, and it seems when these financial institutions make a mistake, I have to pay for it, too.

this is the singular most important issue that your chairmanship is going to be critical over in terms of helping us move this country forward

This is clearly the singular most important----

So now in December of 2009, I asked you whether the economy was recovering, and you answered, 'It is growing.'

Sometimes when you avoid harm from happening, you get no credit for it.

Where I come from, we punish failure, not reward it.

I will do everything I can to stop your nomination and drag out this process as long as I can.