It's a safe banking system, a sound banking system. Our regulators are on top of it. This is a very manageable situation.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution.

China and the U.S. are the two largest importers of oil. They are the two largest emitters of carbon.

China saves too much, produces too much, sells too much to Americans and consumes too little.

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.

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