I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

I might sound brutally blunt to you, but believe me I am a pro human.

We've had crooks from the beginning of time... it's always very interesting and troubling why good people do bad things.

From the beginning of time, we've had financial crises. People always blame the banks and for good reason. When you look for the root causes, they're almost always failed government policies.

When our markets work, people throughout our economy benefit - Americans seeking to buy a car or buy a home, families borrowing to pay for college, innovators borrowing on the strength of a good idea for a new product or technology, and businesses financing investments that create new jobs.

It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.