Don't you think the Fed is pretty well removed from political pressures?

Eight years of the Bush Administration's one-sided, laissez-faire, deregulatory ideology have helped cripple our financial system.

I think the leaders in Europe and the United States, Canada, Latin America, they are all interested in this subject.

I have always thought all holding companies should be regulated by one regulator, maybe the Fed, maybe not.

I think we all have an interest in maintaining the independence of the standard setters.

Well, to clarify, my view would be to go back to the investor-paid initially.

How in this international financial world, with a national system of regulation, don't you always flee--doesn't money always flee to the lowest common denominator?

Regulation must strike a delicate balance--providing a sense of safety and security for investors, without snuffing out the flame of entrepreneurial vigor and financial innovation that drives economic growth.

All you need is one significant outlier to throw off the--to toss up the apple cart.

If we miss the moment, we will find ourselves in a deeper hole for a good many years to come.

Today's SEC appears stagnant and behind the times, almost always closing the barn door too late.