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On whether the OCC should be run by a commission:

"Yes - let's structure the OCC just like the SEC because we all saw how well THAT worked."

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On whether the CFPB should be run by a commission:

"Time to stop wasting energy fighting old battles. [The] CFPB is here to stay. Let's confirm a director and roll up our sleeves and make it work."

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On FDIC vice chairman Thomas Hoenig's call for 'full scope' big bank exams:

"Hoenig is a champion for taxpayers and free market capitalism."

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On why 'full scope' big bank exams are necessary:

"The problem is that it is far easier to thoroughly examine a small bank and have an impressive exam report than it is to go to a megabank and really see what's going on. Examiners follow the path of least resistance which is a lesson not lost on the megabanks. It's time we change that."

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On community banks possibly pursuing nontraditional sources of revenue:

"This means they are increasing their credit, market, operational and reputational risks. Aren't community banks inviting some Basel-like framework on themselves if they continue to chase yield?"

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On FHFA killing a plan to cut premiums for replacement homeowners insurance on Fannie Mae loans:

"This has the smell of rotten politics all over it."

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On HUD's new fair lending rule:

"The problem with the application and interpretation of many fair lending rules is that they preclude any possibility of 'stretching' to make a loan to someone who clearly doesn't qualify. If you stretch for one, you're punished if you don't stretch for all."

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On HUD's new fair lending rule, which will likely help borrowers to win disputes with lenders:

"I think there is a constitutional issue when guilt is presumed unless innocence is proven."

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On whether more must be done regarding housing reform:

"The government needs to back off the housing market and let private capital be a bigger player."

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On the advice that bankers should stop lying if they want to stay out of trouble:

"While we're at it, can we add a few more groups to the list? I'm thinking if we could have rating agencies, Wall St. … and maybe [the] government also tell the truth, the world would be a better place. But I don't see that happening anytime soon either."

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On rolling back FDIC deposit coverage limits:

"Don't forget that when you remove the bank-funded insurance coverage, you also remove all of the FDIC rules and regulations that will no longer be required to oversee the risk to the fund."

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On rolling back FDIC limits:

"Yes, roll it back, right to zero. Politically and economically, deposit insurance by the government, like any other scheme of crony socialism, was a terrible mistake. The best way to restore sanity and probity to our capital markets is to get rid of it."

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