Mark Warner

Everything, from entitlement spending to tax policy, would be on the table.

I think it is terribly important that we have not only these broad management goals, but that we actually have some customer service goals.

What gets measures gets done.

My hope is, Senator Bunning, with the red ink as far as the eye can see, if we do not see this as an opportunity to actually move a little more quickly, then shame on us.

We do hope that this nomination will be moved expeditiously.

I think President Obama made a wise choice in nominating Justice Keenan for this seat on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

I join my colleague and good friend, Jim Webb, in wholeheartedly endorsing Justice Keenan for this very important position.

I hope when we get the regular updates on the loan modification program we can also get the regular updates on this program.

I think we would be very anxious to work with you to accomplish----

I know my time has expired, but does that mean you will come back with some specific suggestions by some date certain?

At least some consistency on some answers. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

My fear is, again, that banks are not being willing to bite the bullet.

I think it would do a great deal for the Administration and I think it would do a great deal for the confidence of the American taxpayer if these equity interests were being managed to maximize our value.

I share Senator Corker's concerns about the resolution authority, and we may get a chance to come back to that.

There was sometimes validity in the rating agencies when you were looking at State bonds and others, that they did provide that independent arbiter service.

I know a lot of my colleagues have brought up a number of the failings of the rating agencies, and clearly, in some of the products lines recently, that has been the case.

I would just like to make a request to the panel, because it is clear that the panel has got a lot of ideas here.

I do think that is a valid point, that we sometimes look at the arbitrage in terms of banks that have actually switched charters.

I do think there is--the notion of a separate division makes some sense, but in any large organization is not the bias going to be toward the larger institutions?

I think it is one of the great benefits here in the United States, one of the great forces for good and innovation.

If we could do it fairly quickly, because I do have another question I want to ask.

I would love to see more specificity about how we can ensure community banks, smaller banks, are inside a single end-to-end regulator.

I would argue that is not really a consumer protection function in its traditional sense.

Should you have some?

I think some of you all have raised some legitimate concerns.