Shouldn't we be removing disincentives to saving and investment, to get this long-term growth, rather than all this focus on spending in both the public and private sector?

I'm just concerned that if we get in this situation again and the Fed doesn't have that ability, that we could be in a worse scenario to recover.

One of the mandates for the Fed is to keep unemployment low.

I believe that is patently false as well as short-sighted.

with smart policies, we can grow our economy today and preserve the environment for ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren.

I am here on Capitol Hill today to call upon Congress to dedicate 5 percent of the revenue from the new global warming cap-and-trade legislation to fund and to safeguard wildlife and ecosystem restoration and preservation from a warming…

The real responsibility on compensation lies with the directors, who have been placed in their job by shareholders and that is their job.

The key to credit availability for consumers right now is securitization.

I think they should have used TARP for its original purpose.

Clearly, we have global financial institutions, we have global capital markets.

I would say it is a uniform view among the core members of our group and of his group that we feel comfortable recommending a systemic risk regulator that would have no real limits on their authority.