Is that what you expect to have happen here?" To which David Herzog David Herzog, AIG's chief financial officer, replied, "No, Scott.
"Oh, he's forecast our financial demise," Branson replied.
Asked if it had severely damaged his reputation in financial markets, Hands replied: "It has, yes".
When Katarzyna Szustow, head of communications for the Dramatyczny Theatre, was asked about its financial situation, she replied with a single word: tragic.
Asked about her dream financial situation, she replied, "I'd find a job that paid me goo-gobs of money to do what I love".
Asked if the institution did anything to verify its professors' financial disclosures, he replied, "We do trust our faculty when they're making these disclosures".
During one of the most heated exchanges, Mr. Recchia said, "How much is all the unemployment going to cost?" Mr. Walcott turned to Veronica Conforme, the Department of Education's chief financial officer, who replied, "Seven million dollars".
Representative Huizenga asked Bernanke if his buddy should refinance his home right now ("I'm not a qualified financial adviser," Bernanke replied); another asked Bernanke to come up with a new structure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the spot.
Crown Chief Financial Officer Andrew Rooke replied, "I cannot comment on the intent of our parent in that regard".
"Senator, I don't consider myself an expert in some of these aspects of the financial industry," Lew replied.
But when board member Monica Ratliff asked how likely it would be to find the money to pay for all of it, Chief Financial Officer Megan Reilly replied: "Not at all".
