Mary Jo Kilroy: “It seems to me, in the news reports again today, that some of the TARP recipients still haven't gotten the message that…”

I absolutely agree with you. I voted for the House bill. I supported the House bill. I would welcome an even stronger bill in the Senate if they would pass something along those lines to make sure that the excesses of Wall Street are…

And do you believe that it is still, despite the changes in the law, the goal to maximize return for the taxpayer?

I think the Congressional Oversight Panel report backs it up. It says, 'Treasury would be more likely to maximize taxpayer returns if it sold the warrants through auction.'

the public is more concerned about is not the Federal Reserve's role on monetary policy but the Federal Reserve's role in bailing out certain entities like AIG and Bear Stearns