"I would appreciate hearing from you what you believe would be an appropriate set of public policies that we would need to have in place, both domestically and internationally, to rein in the excesses of the market, maintain stability, and assure that the benefits of capitalism are broadly shared."
"Excessive inequality not only undermines social and political cohesion, it has also been shown to have negative effects on growth."
"The Chair now recognizes the Ranking Member of the subcommittee, the gentlelady from Wisconsin, Gwen Moore, for 5 minutes, for an opening statement."
"Trickle down historically has not worked, so if it works this time, I will be happy to say we are wrong, but it hasn't worked. It has just created deficits."
"We are overindebted in the United States. So is this a time to give tax breaks to rich people, considering that we are in debt, $1.5 trillion?"
"I don't think we have gone too far at the international financial institutions."
"I think it is important for Congress over time to revisit this issue."
"Gwen Moore and I have legislation to encourage them to do that."
"It is critical for the Congress to ensure that the Federal Reserve is serving the public as well as possible."
"The Federal Reserve serves the whole public. Its decisions affect everyone."
"Outgoing Fed Chair Yellen has shared with us many times that she thinks--she believes that inequality is very dangerous."