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On the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

"The CFPB is a frontal assault on constitutional government and free enterprise."

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On who should run the CFPB if Richard Cordray has to step down:

"My novel idea would be the selection of a community banker. The novelty would be that common sense could actually emanate out of a Washington bureaucracy."

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On whether Richard Cordray should remain as CFPB director:

"Cordray's even-handed performance justifies automatic confirmation … [the] CFPB is currently one of the few effective agencies in government, mainly because of its independence from those it regulates and the compromised Congress."

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On the assertion that Elizabeth Warren can save the CFPB:

"Saying Elizabeth Warren can save the CFPB is like saying smoking can save a crack addict."

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On whether certain depositors of failed banks should be 'bailed in':

"Reduce the moral hazard (FDIC protection - taxpayer protection) and you would have reduced the cost of the banking crisis. It's always easier to play with (ahem - risk) other people's money."

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On the Federal Reserve's Jeff Lacker opposing future bailouts:

"Lacker understands the bailout impulse of his colleagues: now the issue is how to stop them!"

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On Lacker saying government support is not the answer to financial problems:

"This stated while the Fed continues to print money at the rate of $85 billion a month with no end in sight."

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On whether the FSOC should be completely separated from the Treasury:

"By having the Treasury Secretary as permanent chairman, the FSOC will forever be a political tool of whichever administration is in power. A body made up of regulatory agencies should be apolitical."

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On RBS' recent Libor settlement:

"Fascinating how efficient U.S. authorities appear to be in pursuing legal actions against Barclays, UBS and RBS, yet so much less efficient with any of the U.S.-headquartered banks that have also had their Libor records subpoenaed, including JPM Chase, Citigroup and B of A."

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On Federal Reserve Gov. Elizabeth Duke pushing community banks to lend:

"The risk of assessment of penalties for non-compliance at the community banks [is] more likely to be against the individual loan officers and directors … unlike the megabanks where the only penalties are against the shareholders."

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On Federal Reserve Gov. Elizabeth Duke pushing community banks to lend:

"Community banks … are carrying an inordinate amount of the cost to comply … Dodd- Frank has spanked the wrong baby."

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On credit, capacity and collateral, or the three 'Cs' of underwriting:

"What we are missing is the 4th 'C', common sense, which doesn't seem to exist anymore."

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