You stated that the Dakota Access Pipeline would put about a thousand laborers back to work.

It was one of the most uplifting experiences seeing what people do to exercise their right to vote.

No democracy can succeed if it is not listening to all of its voices.

These are political-driven famines, and so they need political solutions, and I look forward to working with you on it.

These are young democracies in many cases, and the technical assistance which we can provide... can pay off huge dividends.

These people deserve a fair day, not just an exit from your company.

This is about greed. It's about the same kind of greed that created credit default swaps.

This will not end by simply having some lower-level employees go to jail.

I believe history will be kind to you as well as to Chairman Bernanke. What you did was extraordinary in a time of great crisis.

Too-big-to-fail is addressed in Dodd-Frank, and it is addressed in a very profound way: the living wills.

The big banks have hijacked the term 'community bank.'

Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again.

The genesis of this hearing is a meeting that took place at or near the time President Obama was being sworn in.

this really has become now about more than oversight; it is about micromanaging the presidency--more specifically, micromanaging President Barack Obama.

I think every Member of Congress around the country had problems with the slowness in cleaning up.

If nothing else, your statement about the importance of political space we absolutely agree with, that there must be political space created for people to engage in a safe space with their government.

You would think that at some point, these business folks would say, hey, guys, quit dragging us into this.

I do not agree with the hearing because I think that there are a good many other things that we could be doing today that the American people expect us to do.

This is why people are so upset with us. That is why you see this election going in all directions. People are fed up.

I want to just highlight, emphasize, underline the notion that JPMorgan Chase settled for $13 billion, $13 billion.

The American people are pretty fed up with what we have been doing.

I think a more appropriate title for this hearing would be, 'No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.'

Homeowners need help. That is what these settlements do.

I literally am very reluctant to say that the system is in need of repair, that it is in a broken condition, because my fear is that the cure may be worse than the condition.

I want to go on record as making it very clear that I support the CFPB.