Mark Warner actually said...

"I think none of the Members of this Committee would be surprised, but it will come as no surprise to, I think, the Members of this Committee that the regulators pay a lot of attention to what the Cong..."

"I agree with you on the notion that you want to have a line but not have it a hard-rule line."

"I think this Committee and all of us who were involved in carefully tried to draw a pretty firm line that said, particularly for smaller institutions, they ought to get a little more regulatory relief..."

"If we are going to be able to proceed on this, we need to find some bipartisan compromise to make sure we get it right."