One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing.

When you have a big, ugly problem, there's never going to be a neat, elegant solution that is totally painless or without a cost.

I see the underlying economy as being very healthy.

It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.

Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now, as we work off some of the past excesses. But the American people can remain confident in the soundness and the resilience of our financial system.

A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy.

I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies