White House Chiefs of Staff

I absolutely think there are better ways to protect consumers than we are doing today.

I support consumer financial protection.

I cannot change that. So if it is going to exist, this is what could be done to improve it.

We absolutely have a role to play in eliminating discrimination in the housing market. Yes, sir.

I do share your concerns, and maybe we can talk, if somebody wants to, about some of the data security issues that we face, as an agency.

I think the answer is that the financial crisis was a system failure of major proportion.

It was a distribution that was approved while I was on the job.

It turns out being a joke, and that is what the CFPB really has been, in a sick and sad kind of way.

I don't like the fact that the CFPB exists. I will be perfectly honest with you.

The Bureau is not designed structurally to be accountable. By its very DNA, by its very nature, it is not accountable to you, it is not accountable to the public, it is not accountable to anybody, other than itself.

I am not required to do that.

Am I correct on that?

Yes, I think we would be able to do that.

American consumers deserve strong protections, while also being afforded the opportunity to control their own financial decisions and futures.

Gary Cohn is one of the smartest people I have worked with. Having the chance to collaborate with him has been one of the highlights of my career in public service.

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It will have to be something other than an omnibus because we are not signing one.

We are actually doing that in Puerto Rico. They are going to be better off.

Money has not been the difficulty. I just got handed a note: 96 percent of customers have power now.

So we absolutely do defend the tax bill and think it has been a tremendous benefit to the American people.

The President is serious in his threat not to sign another omni.

We encourage anything that gets us back to regular order.

I think it is a misunderstanding of the role of OMB.

We are going to be completely above board on this one. I am not any happier about it than you are.