Jack Reed actually said...

"The effort that you have undertaken to come in here and to do that is really valuable for us."

"I think, again, if we can get a program like you have suggested--and I concur with the notion there has to be a referee with authority."

"I just find it--'ironic' is too mild a term."

"Unless we successfully deal with this issue of foreclosure, the economy will not expand as it should, and people's lives will not return to at least close to normal."