A pretty testy exchange today during Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, as Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell pushed Geithner (and, by extension, the Obama administration) to speed up delivery of the $30 billion to community banks that Obama proposed during his State of the Union:


Money quotes—or, at least, the back-and-forth that Cantwell's office is flagging for reporters:

Cantwell: “If we don’t implement change right now, we are going to lose more jobs. Do not wait for legislation. Come to terms with the community banks on reasonable terms that they can agree to … and I think that that we will be well on our way to getting Americans back to work.”

Geithner: “I agree with you, the president agrees too. And we’re happy to work with you and your staff on the best ideas of how to do that.”