"And my role is to protect the institutional consumer and the individual consumer, just as your role is."
"Mr. Chairman, this is absolutely a subject that deserves our close attention."
"one of the things that we could do right now is to ratify this new IMF quota system."
"we could make an immediate, tangible, and lasting impact on the prestige and confidence of the U.S. global leadership"
"I just learned--breaking news--that Chair Yellen has announced that there will be no interest rate hike as of right now."
"Injecting politics into monetary policy would be a disaster."
"If we are worried about the Fed's growth policies, why don't we meet the Fed halfway, and stop the misguided obsession with austerity and trying to trick the economy to grow the economy?"
"I strongly support the dual mandate. It reflects the reality of monetary policy."
"In fact, it is double the national unemployment rate, and I think most people--you included--would agree that is unacceptably high."
"I believe, as many of you said in your testimony, that the $50 billion threshold doesn't accurately measure systemic importance."
"Unfortunately, that is not what they have done."