Sherrod Brown actually said...

This was a man-made catastrophe that could have been avoided if we had had, as Senator Reed said, a better regulatory system.

I hope my colleagues will set aside their fears, their anger, their dislike of this consumer agency and do their job.

I am kind of disgusted at the way things are done here, the lack of bipartisanship and camaraderie.

It is my honor to introduce one of the finest public servants I have ever met, Richard Cordray.