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“I'm going to put the interests of the nation first.”
“I don't want Congress setting monetary policy.”
“We have got to be a hell of a lot more aggressive.”
“I believe that we have to have a new regulatory regime for our financial system.”
“A lot of people don't believe that Kirk-Heitkamp is a real reform bill.”
“I think you have to be concerned about any presidential executive order because it has the power of law until it's knocked down by an act of Congress or a court.”
“The American people fear there is some gouging going on.”
“I feel good. I've got a lot of energy. I've got a lot of purpose, too.”
“You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn your way.”
“I believe that reforming our intelligence community is one of the most important things that we can do in order to ensure that our country is in fact safer, stronger and wiser.”
“I do not like government-sponsored enterprises.”
“I never apologize for my efforts to support worthy projects that Alabama.”
“Even some of my Republican friends say I have a populist, progressive streak. I am not a doctrinaire, anti-government person.”
“I want people to have the right to bear arms.”
“If there's not any endgame, we're in quicksand. We take one more step, and we're still there, and there's no way out.”
“People who are going to do us harm are never going to register guns. Terrorists, you believe they're going to register guns? Why, no. Goodness, alive, are you crazy?”
“Federal Reserve officials have stressed the importance of the Fed's independence. But such independence does not mean that it is immune from Congressional oversight.”
“A number of former Wells Fargo employees have described their work environment characterized by intense pressure to meet aggressive and unrealistic sales goals. In a 2010 letter to shareholders, Mr. Stumpf wrote that Wells Fargo's goal was eight products per customer because eight rhymed with great.”
“We need to eradicate these terrorist groups, wherever they are. If we failed to do it, we are just waiting for the next.”
“We've got a second amendment right. I think some people forget that.”