Bob Corker

What is the Administration afraid of when every month we lose jobs and wealth that we will never recover?

What is the Administration afraid of? You know we are right. You know the United States is put at a terrible disadvantage.

I will believe it when I see it.

China's currency manipulation is like a boot to the throat of our recovery and this Administration refuses to try and pick that boot--take that boot off our neck.

I am increasingly coming to the view that the only person in this room who believes China is not manipulating its currency is you.

I want to thank you for the historical perspective, which is also always very useful.

I want to go back to comments I made last November or December and say that this type of hearing is exactly the reason that I think this is a great Committee.

I look forward to carrying on this conversation with these folks later on.

I know we are not going to resolve the issue of the rub today.

I think it's been a great hearing. I have been personally confused by what our strategy is right now in Afghanistan.

I think it's been very good, and I agree with Senator Kaufman, one of the best we've had.

Elizabeth Warren is a smart person. There are things I agree with her on, and there are things I disagree with her on. But on that point, I absolutely agree. If we think about the moral hazard issue, that means a business that wants to run…

I rise to speak about the vote that is coming up soon, the Landrieu-LeMieux amendment to the small business bill that is before us. First, I want to say that I respect tremendously both Senators. I have enjoyed working with them on so many…

I would call this son of TARP. This carries a greater risk than the original TARP because the terms under which this money is given to banks is at a lesser rate. So that means the money that is paid back, there is less margin to cover…

I'm proud to be here with colleagues from across our State.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I very much appreciate you having this hearing.

Tennessee has demonstrated a tremendous capacity to deal with the problem themselves.

State regulation, it appears to me in some cases, certainly needs to be enhanced.

I think there may be some legislative efforts to deal with that.

I know there is a study that has been done. I would say to our witnesses that sometimes we need to be careful what we ask for, OK?

I know Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham have looked at some things.

I read an analysis yesterday in the Financial Times talking about the bill that was just passed, the Dodd-Frank bill, and the final analysis was so many pages, so little content.

If we ended up being out of synch with the rest of the world in areas that made us not competitive...

I wished we were following their lead in that regard.

I might disagree with a few of the points you just made, but I would say you are as well coached, well prepped, well talking pointed as any person that has ever come before this Subcommittee.