Rick Perry in Fox News Sunday interviews during 2015


On Budget & Economy: Dodd-Frank should focus on Wall Street, not community banks

Q: You made a major speech this last week about reforming Wall Street. You called for more regulations of big financial institutions, you praised the Federal Reserve for requiring big banks to hold more capital and some folks said that you sounded, in terms of all this for more regulations, like Bernie Sanders.

Perry: I talked about smart regulations. There's a difference between more regulation and Dodd-Frank, [the banking regulation law]. Dodd-Frank drove community banks out of business. I used to be on a small bank board back in Haskell County in Texas, and I know what these regulations are doing. I think it makes a lot of sense for us to have these big banks. You realize that the six largest banks in the country have 61% of the mortgages now. It's a stunning number. We're seeing Freddie and Fannie Mae back in the business of having small down payments to be able to get a loan.

Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Aug 2, 2015

On Budget & Economy: Federal Reserve & Wall Street actions have hurt our economy

The Federal Reserve has done some things that were absolutely hurtful when it came to our economy. So, for the Federal Reserve, Washington, D.C. and Wall Street for that matter, I laid out a clear way for us to get this country back on track. Those banks need to have more cushion, so that there can never be one of these too big to fail issues again. The American people that lost their savings, they're the ones that somebody needs to be standing up for and I'm going to do that for 'em.
Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Aug 2, 2015

On Foreign Policy: Priorities: Tear up agreement with Iran; secure US border

Q: Here's a question from a viewer: "If elected president, what would be the first thing you'll do?"

PERRY: Tear up that agreement with Iran. That's the biggest challenge I think that we have in this country and securing that border with Mexico is incredibly important as well, and those two things can happen on the first day.

Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Aug 2, 2015

The above quotations are from Fox News Sunday interviews during 2015
(Chris Wallace interviewing candidates for 2015 and 2016 races).
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