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It is JPMorgan's responsibility to "stay actively engaged" in policy debates that will affect our company" and that doing so is a "constitutional right." You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way. - Jamie Dimon , JPMorgan Chase CEO, in his annual letter to shareholders, April 4, 2012 http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/04/news/economy/jamie-dimon-lobbying/index.htm http://finclip.blogspot.com/2012/04/cnnmoney-jamie-dimon-lobbying-is-good.html

But the result of the financial reform has not been intelligent design. Simplicity, clarity and speed would be better for the system and better for the economy. - Jamie Dimon , JPMorgan Chase CEO http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-04/dimon-rails-against-contrived-and-confusing-rules.html http://finclip.blogspot.com/2012/04/bloomberg-dimon-letter-derides.html

He(Jamie Dimon)’s combative by nature. And like a lot of these alpha dogs, when he’s backed into a corner, he’s going to bark back. - Michael Driscoll , visiting professor at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-04/dimon-rails-against-contrived-and-confusing-rules.html http://finclip.blogspot.com/2012/04/bloomberg-dimon-letter-derides.html

Bloomberg Related News: Executive, U.S., Finance Dimon Letter Derides Contrived, Confusing Financial Rules By Dawn Kopecki - 2012.04.04 05:02 PM Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), used his annual letter to shareholders to rail against “contrived” and confusing financial rules that he said may stymie lending.

CNNMoney Jamie Dimon: Lobbying is good, Washington is bad By Charles Riley @CNNMoney April 4, 2012: 6:22 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon defended his bank's lobbying practices on Wednesday, writing in his annual letter to shareholders that the firm's activities are wholly appropriate and that ham-handed government officials are slowing down the recovery.