02/09/2009
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"we are committed to ensuring the viability of all major U.S. financial institutions"
"It seems to me that what we are throwing out is that notion that some folks have put forth--again, I am just observing--of creating some mechanism for these banks to actually be healthy now that is no..."
"I think the mechanism that is being put in place is a mechanism that absolutely means that none of the 20 major--19, 20 major banks in our country ever have the chance of being seized."
"It seems that when we do things like this, in many cases, it is the lowest-income people that end up getting hurt the worst by our good efforts."