"there is a real disconnect between Washington, D.C. and America."
"I guess I just find it surprising. If you look at a 2-year time horizon, a 3-year time horizon, a 4-year time horizon, the way I look at the world, that isn't a very long time at all."
"When I think back to last fall, Mr. Paulson used the tactic of fear that intimidated the Congress, in my opinion, and many people in the country."
"Anticipation. Thank you."
"You were quoted in the New York Times, October 23rd, stating anybody making $100 million a year is engaged in excessive risk."
"We need very diligent investigation, because control fraud is a distinct possibility in many of the securitization schemes that were developed."
"I have a bill to recoup the bonuses."
"If that's what it takes, they certainly made a mess of it. I think we need a whole new set of people, in fact."
"We need very diligent investigation. Because control fraud is a distinct possibility in many of the securitization schemes that were developed."
"They should be leaders in helping our country dig its way out of this financial mess that we're in. But they're part of the problem, not part of the solution."
"There is a culture of greed and excess that operates at the highest levels."