"I would rather be Treasury Secretary than chairman of the universe, so I hope we will be involved."
"I think we have seen that TARP was set up for an intended purpose and we have moved into industrial policy."
"This is a fearful time. The public is concerned, and lots of time bad things happen legislatively as a result of people being concerned."
"I know that contractor abuse, as you know, has been a major issue there, or at least the discussion of it."
"It will be very detrimental to the United States in proposing that, would it not?"
"I think, at the same time, it's actually important for us to be very honest about where we are financially."
"I think this is a very, very important issue, and I hope we'll have more hearings on this topic."
"So much of the actions that we are taking as a Congress and as an administration to support some of these entities have to do with the fact that we really do not have any way to unwind them in a logic..."
"This is really not a hearing necessarily about AIG but about how we regulate the insurance industry in general."
"It's hard to imagine that one would consider that, and I hope that certainly common sense will make its way into this legislation in that regard."
"I first of all support us using all types of energy in this country."