"I think it has great potential. But the sooner we get it rolled out, the better."
"I am very anxious to see the implementation of the TALF. I am concerned that it has taken this long."
"There ought to be some haircut taken by these folks at some point in this process."
"But, in effect, what we are saying is consequently folks who bought these instruments should have been doing some level of credit analysis of what AIG was selling who did not do that credit analysis a..."
"I just would again encourage you, and I would ask you to please make some comment on whether you think the TALF or any other instrument could be used, either from a backstop standpoint or from going i..."
"If we are going to spend TARP money, make sure some of it is directed here in the housing area."
"Please look into that."
"I am a little bit of a broken record, Senator Bennet and I are on this issue, and Senator Menendez and Senator Schumer have raised it in terms of hospitals."
"I would hope that you would be the inside-the-administration advocate that this is directly helpful to not only the housing market."
"If we are going to look at bankruptcy reform that would allow principal readjustment or so-called cramdown, my hope is that it does become the hammer of last resort."
"We should reserve that bankruptcy process as the ultimate last-resort hammer."
"the more we can clear out some of the legal hurdles and the more we can do some hold harmless or what the Chairman put forward in his amendment, it has got to be a piece of this mix or, you know, all ..."