I see the underlying economy as being very healthy.

My preference is for the Federal Reserve to be the systemic risk regulator, because the responsibility for identifying and limiting potential problems is a natural complement to its role in monetary policy.

There's a lot of things we could do better.

The first priority is to make sure we have capital to continue to have capital available to put into the financial system. That's the first priority.

In terms of the overall economy, we've got challenges and the big focus has got to be on recovery, on repair, and that's going to take a while.

I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life.

I understand how important the automakers are to America. And I understand a bankruptcy; a failure in that industry wouldn't be a good thing. It's something we should avoid.