President Obama, introducing his controversial recess appointment to a crowd of Pennsylvania supporters, explained that he would not “take no for an answer” from the U.S. Senate — especially the Republicans, that refused to confirm his nominee to the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau.

“I refuse to take no for an answer,” Obama said at a campaign-style event. “I’m not going to stand by while a minority in the senate puts party ideology ahead of the people that we were elected to serve.”