03/01/2011
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"I appreciate the efforts that Senator Cardin has put forth in a one-off situation."
"if you broke up, let us say, the largest institutions, you created thirty $400 to $500 billion institutions, if you had a systemic crisis, you would do exactly the same thing."
"I am just saying that a systemic crisis, a systemic crisis, when you say the big guys all do the same size, well, you know, the banks that are all $500 billion are going to be doing the same thing, to..."
"I would just say in general the observation is that you all are really succumbing to politics and are unwilling to take on the tough issues that need to be dealt with."