"The president has talked on a number of occasions about ensuring that the money that tax payers put up to rescue our financial system is paid back in full." –Robert Gibbs, White House spokesman, about a special levy on banks that received TARP funds.

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"I did know they were thinking about this, and I encouraged them. Given the mood of the country, it is essential that we do it." –House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass).

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"To impose yet another burden on the industry would obviously decrease their ability to lend." –Edward Yingling, president of the American Bankers Association

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