I think the time has come to consider that and pick those groups that we think are most consistent with our interests and our vision for the future and begin to advantage them in terms of the internal politics by providing assistance…

I do think there is a dilemma here. There is a risk. We support the resistance, the opposition. The opposition, when it begins to win, is probably going to itself perpetuate some atrocities.

If we are serious about economic development then we should understand that CCDBG is one of the best economic development programs the Federal Government has out there.

I do not understand why we are protecting them exactly the way that we are right now.

I think there is bipartisan support for something like that, and I appreciate your bringing it up.

I do think it's a very, very important issue. As I travel around the country and my own State, I worry about people being prepared for retirement, especially women, who in many cases, for lots of reasons, haven't focused as much on it as…

One of the most responsible things that we could do here is actually do those things to make Social Security solvent for the long haul.

I think all of us know the real problem we need to consider are the rising cost of college tuition and the amount of Federal student loans students are borrowing.

Yeah. I think you can understand my frustration with the hypocrisy in this institution.

I think you can see now why so many of us thought that was a really terrible idea to have the consumer agency separate from the prudential lenders.

There is a consumer issue they are also, is that correct?

I could not agree more.