White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney, December 7, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011 – 10:31 A.M. EST

MR. CARNEY:  Good morning, everybody.  Thanks for coming to this gaggle.  I’m pleased to be joined today by Neal Wolin, the Deputy Treasury Secretary, to discuss the need to get Richard Cordray, our nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, confirmed so the bureau can exercise its full ability to protect consumers.  As you all know, the Senate will vote today  — or rather tomorrow —…