Chuck Schumer actually said...

To me, this is a terrible mistake. We are enshrining some institutions with such importance due to their size and interconnected characteris...

For myself, I feel strongly that an independent consumer regulatory agency can only work if these three problems are solved.

I have expressed publicly my admiration for the job that Ben Bernanke has done in managing this crisis with Secretary Geithner and others.

We cannot have a safe and sound financial regulatory system that does not protect the consumer, particularly the unsophisticated.