"I mean, is that a fair assessment? Because if you had just stood behind it, we would not have any money out."
"It seems to me that that is another step that we have made that has greatly put taxpayer monies at risk, and I just wonder why we would have done that."
"But what we will do as the Fed is we will stand behind the obligation so that in the event there is ever a credit issue, we will stand behind it."
"We have ended up buying stock, and instead of having our money be backing up this collateral that went to these counterparties that really have made out like bandits."
"I have a hard time understanding the systemic risk issue then."
"The fact was that TARP money never was ever supposed to be used for something that was not buying something of value. So that was a huge departure, a huge departure."
"capitalism has failed, and we're going to kind of make everything happen from this central government."
"I am writing you to request your support for the 'Safe Prisons Communications Act of 2009' that has been recently filed by Senators Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Jim DeMint."
"I have to say that the smart grid is interesting to me."
"We have decided that there are a number of institutions in our country that are too large to fail."
"I think that is incredibly enlightening, probably the most enlightening thing that has been said in the last 5 weeks."