I will continue to fight to protect American workers from Wall Street arrogance and greed.

Thank you. And if you can answer this really briefly, because I do not want to go over my 5 minutes.

I think there would have been a contagion, and I think we would be in a worse situation today with consequences for the actors in our economic system.

The scene of the crime does not start with the regulators before us. Instead, we must look inside the bank, at the bank CEOs, and at the Trump-era banking regulators, who made it their mission, again, to give Wall Street everything it…

That's why I'll be introducing legislation to strengthen regulators' ability to impose fines and penalties, clawback bonuses, and ban executives who caused bank failures from working at another bank ever again.

I will continue to fight to protect American workers from Wall Street arrogance and greed.

Thanks to the New Deal and the hard work of our regulators today, most bank failures, while never a good thing, are generally not a big deal.

They increased liquidity, promoted confidence in our banking system, and protected the deposits of customers and small businesses--not the investments of executives and shareholders.

Monday morning quarterbacking aimed only at the actions of regulators this month is as convenient as it is misplaced, coming from those who have never met a Wall Street wish list they did not want to grant.

I think there would have been a contagion, and I think we would be in a worse situation today with consequences for the actors in our economic system.

Thank you. And if you can answer this really briefly, because I do not want to go over my 5 minutes.

The scene of the crime does not start with the regulators before us. Instead, we must look inside the bank, at the bank CEOs, and at the Trump-era banking regulators, who made it their mission, again, to give Wall Street everything it…