Lamar Alexander actually said...

I'm wary of--not to use a pejorative word--a czar with no boss in an area of such unprecedented importance.

Expressing concern about the independence of the new consumer protection agency.

04/28/2010

More Lamar Alexander Quotes

I think you've heard some common suggestion here that rather than taking off regulations, we might try a model that starts from scratch.

If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would actually do that, it would double my--it would increase my appreciation of the agency.

We don't want to take anyone's freedom away to make his or her own decision about this.

This is encouraging to me because the legislation that passed in 2006 seems to have had some good effects.