Do you think it would make more sense to have the holding companies and the banks under the same regulatory agency?

I think the thing that the Federal Reserve has done well is monetary policy, not that they haven't made any mistakes.

I will just close by echoing concerns about the community banks and also about our credit union system.

We ought to try to fix that.

What can we do that would make this tool the most effective one possible to try to prevent this unacceptable threat of a nuclear weapon in Iranian hands?

I think that the most important thing is that it be driven around climate goals and that the good work of the Senate be focused on that.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I look forward to hearing what the States are doing.

It has been estimated that if we have regenerative braking and cars can go the first 30 miles, if you will, on electricity, that we would reduce 80 percent of our carbon dioxide production from passenger transportation.

We need the same attitude with which we approached assisting our banks to assist our working families.

It looks like a path to me of catastrophe if we do not proactively change our energy strategy, a catastrophe for our economy.

Any argument? Do the other folks agree that 12 percent might be about right to aim for by 2012?

we need to make sure that we put the United States at the forefront of energy policies that will create stable, low cost energy over the long term.

Why do you say trial modifications? What is that meant to signify?

What I do not want is an energy policy that drives up the cost of energy in the United States of America.

I think the nuclear industry should feel very good about having this argument over whose plan provides more subsidies for nuclear power.

in Oregon, green energy jobs are growing at seven times the rate of other jobs in the economy.

it is my belief that our economy and our energy strategies are joined at the hip.

Thank you very much. I think that one area where the Portland metropolitan area has been pushing in kind of opposition, or at least not getting a lot of cooperation, was in streetcars.

I think Federal legislation needs to encourage more of that, give localities the tools to evaluate different choices.

I do apologize but I have to return to the healthcare markup.

It certainly has been a long time since we have had an agency that was dedicated to consumers in the financial world.

Transforming our energy economy is essential. The status quo is simply unacceptable.

This was the memo, not about new sources, but about carbon dioxide, in which you noted that controlling carbon dioxide is eco-extremism.

We need to end our dependence on foreign oil and foreign energy.

I appreciate you adjusting your schedule to meet now and not when the panel is here later.