"I strongly support his effort, and I hope this committee and this Congress send a strong message to Director Cordray that his actions have not gone unnoticed."
"Now, I personally believe that the Bank needs reform."
"the taxpayers are guaranteeing this. We need to get the taxpayers out of this."
"if the average taxpayer sees the Bank as doing exactly what I said before... the taxpayer wants to know what happens if all the loans go bad."
"removing the taxpayer from the equation, I think it would go a long way to solving a lot of the problems."
"How about Dodd-Frank? Maybe start thinking about that."
"I think that your constituents in Texas can count on the fact that we are hyper attentive to what is happening in Texas and Oklahoma and flooding this year because of what we have seen happen in Sandy..."
"We have learned from the past, and we can be reassured that what we are talking about today won't happen again in Texas and Oklahoma?"
"I come from a retail background, and I think it is important that you--and I told your guys this when we talked last week that, please understand, these people are customers."
"Without that trust, you might as well not be in business."
"This committee, as you probably know, spends a lot of time discussing taxpayer risk."
"regulations are killing Main Street. You all are Main Street. I am Main Street."