"We know we are not going to have these 100-percent funding levels. We know that."
"Looking at the Coast Guard missions listed here, 11 statutory missions, to fully implement these--and looking, also, at this table that shows how many of these missions were met and how many weren't m..."
"Can we translate that an increased presence of the Federal Government in the banking system through Dodd-Frank has led to a reduction in jobs?"
"Thank you, Ms. Chu."
"What you need is you need a centralized definition that Bank of America is using, that Wells Fargo is using, that Lending Club is using, that we are using so that we can actually have a proper dialogu..."
"My primary focus is jobs and American competitiveness. And I truly believe that competitiveness is measured in small degrees."
"So if we are saying that, you know, small banks are declining, that historically they have had over half of the small business loans, wouldn't it be logical to assume that additional Federal regulatio..."
"So we are penalizing small banks with this additional regulation under Dodd-Frank, we are penalizing small businesses with this additional regulation under Dodd-Frank."
"Now, additional Federal regulation, whether it be Dodd-Frank or any other Federal regulation, increase compliance cost. Correct?"
"When you put constraints on the ability of people to get capital, it has follow-on effects in the economy."
"So that is another aspect of this law that attacks the middle class."