mr. perlmutter for five minutes. mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. cordray thank you for being here. thanks for your service to the united states of america. thanks to the people that you lead in the agency and you know, as i've said to you many times, being a regulator, you're never anybody's best friend and that's not your job and that's not what you're supposed to be. but you're supposed to be looking autofor the best interests of the people within the jurisdiction of your agency and i thank you for doing that in so many different ways. you and i disagreed on auto lending issues and auto dealership issues from time to time. but in a civilized, i think, and respectful way. i was very disappointed to learn the other day about the deposition taken of one of your staff, one of your lead staff, i don't think that was appropriate and i wanted to say that for the record. i mean, that kind of thing can happen in court if it needs to be. depositions under the eversight of a judge. ok. that's how our system works. i would and i'm just saying this, take it o

mr. perlmutter for five minutes. mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. cordray thank you for being here. thanks for your service to the united states of america. thanks to the people that you lead in the agency and you know, as i've said to you many times, being a regulator, you're never anybody's best friend and that's not your job and that's not what you're supposed to be. but you're supposed to be looking autofor the best interests of the people within the jurisdiction of your agency and i thank you for doing that in so many different ways. you and i disagreed on auto lending issues and auto dealership issues from time to time. but in a civilized, i think, and respectful way. i was very disappointed to learn the other day about the deposition taken of one of your staff, one of your lead staff, i don't think that was appropriate and i wanted to say that for the record. i mean, that kind of thing can happen in court if it needs to be. depositions under the eversight f a judge. k. that's how our system works. i would and i'm just saying this, take it or

mr. perlmutter for five minutes. >> thanks, mr. chairman. mr. cordray thank you for being here, thanks for your service to the united states of america. thanks to the people that you lead in the agency and there, you know, as i've said to you many times, being a regulator, you're never anybody's best friend and that's not your job and that's not what you're supposed to be but you're supposed to be looking out for the best interests of the people within the jurisdiction of your agency. i thank you for doing that in so many different ways. you and i disagreed on auto lending issues and dealership issues from time to time but in a civilized, i think, and respectful way. i was very disappointed to learn the other day about the deposition taken of one of your staff, one of your lead staff, i don't think that was appropriate and i wanted to say that for the record. i mean that kind of thing can happen if in court if it needs to be. depositions under the oversight of a judge. okay, that's how our system works. i would and -- i'm just saying this, take