I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.

Dodd-Frank is 2,000 pages long. It covers thousands of rules, regulations, interpretations and things like that.

It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system.

Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

The economic union - creating a big common market, like the United States, so that you can compete across borders. There are common rules, regulations, and simplification, and that is still a good reason, too. When they put their monetary union together, that created a rigidity that made it hard for currency fluctuations. They don't really have a solution to that.

If it is a small rate raises, [there will be] no impact.

I do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not.