"What I have believed for some time is that--and this case I think reflects this--as we move toward getting better data..."
"I believe a lot of good things may have come out of Sarbanes-Oxley."
"I do think that one of the things Mr. Atkins said that struck home to me... is over the last 10, 15-plus years, the enormous focus on the equity side as opposed to the debt side."
"I do think we need something to make sure the board members don't get captured as quickly and often as they do."
"I would like to hear out those arguments because it does seem to me that from at least a broader-based societal standpoint, the outside risk and the downside risk that we as a society, in effect, have..."
"I wish it was that simple. Perhaps it is, but I would love to hear that thorough debate..."
"I guess one thing we have had under the Chairman's leadership, we have had a lot of folk come by on this issue of too big to fail."
"We look at size, we look at complexity. Another approach which I have been thinking about for some time..."
"I want to continue a little bit on the line of my colleague from Nebraska on the 'too big to fail' component."
"I think what it does is it speaks eloquently to the need for a systemic regulator, whether it be the Fed or whether it be a committee approach or a new entity that the Fed has some involvement with or..."
"But the Government--again, I know you would know the law better than I, but I thought the Government has not taken full ownership..."