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resolutions for companies they get into trouble were you do not have threats to the system just by rabat -- resolving them. we need more capital requirements and liquidity requirements that they do not get into that position. you'll have circumstances where a larger companies can be failed in an orderly manner. you need to maintain some complexity for the government or the entire system is threatened. you need to be able to address that concern. i know that that is hard but i think you really need to do that. >> i certainly agree with the utility and resolution mechanism. when you ask about market discipline, there is more that we need to do as well. the resolution mechanism comes at the ended that day and the time a failure. it would be better to create additional incentives that preclude failure. we surely need more transparency and disclosure by financial institution, particularly the largest. as i -- as i -- as i have indicated, we need to look at alternative requirements of these large institutions. there are a number of ideas out there that would require certain kinds of convertibl

he used it to rabat the question of whether medical benefits will be cut. >> he will continue to say that the bill does not cut medicare benefits. he was talking about the agreement structure with the finance committee. >> [inaudible] >> generally? >> [unintelligible] for trying to get a bipartisan plan now. >> senator baucus and senator grassley wanted a plan in june. >> now they are shooting for mid september. the president said he hoped to get a plan now. he wants to get this done. does there come a point where he wants this bill out of finance regardless of whether [inaudible] >> i do not want to get into those states except to say he is appreciative that those senators on both the democratic and republican side are working together. they are making progress as they say. toward an agreement and we are hopeful that they will do so. that is the last of the committees of jurisdiction to finish a bill and oakmont -- ultimately to go to the senate floor. the house has done their work and can go there as well. >> i wanted to ask you on a different subject. if you would talk about if yo