We should not be jumping straight to Title II. We have not worked through Title I properly.

the whole goal is to end too big to fail, and as Senator Toomey has presented, that is also his goal and bringing a different perspective to bear.

that turns into a taxpayer-funded bailout

I think bankruptcy is superior to the orderly liquidation authority because creditors and shareholders should shoulder the losses if a financial institution fails, not taxpayers.

the banks have to show that they are able to be resolved through bankruptcy without causing large systemic risks

My preference would be not to have Title II and have this reform.

I think the theory was that the chaotic collapse did not work very well in 2008.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for your presentations.

Dodd-Frank absolutely requires... that these banks have to become simpler and much easier to resolve.

It is not satisfactory to just fail to follow through on the intent of Dodd-Frank.

Thank you. And, the world within which we live is limited in time, and thank you very much, all of you, for bringing your expertise to bear on this.

And, Mr. Taylor, or Professor Taylor, are there a couple things that, specifically, you would like to see done to improve the working of those living wills?

Take care of our industries first, make sure that we have a low-cost energy economy, a low-carbon energy economy.

I think there is a cautionary tale in looking at log exports from the United States.

If we are exporting the raw material, we are going to then import the finished product.

We are exporting an incredible number of raw logs, and kind of think what this does to the U.S. That means we are Third World Nation.

More than 10,000 of them have said, 'Do not export our crude. You are putting our jobs at risk.'

We have a lot of concern about the possibility of explosions from oil trains.

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