At the annual JPMorgan Chase shareholders meeting on Tuesday morning in Tampa, Fla., CEO Jamie Dimon offered what amounted to a spirited defense of the bank’s efforts to lobby against stiffer financial regulation.

“Our interest is the same as yours, make [the financial system] strong and sound,” Dimon said during a question and answer session. “Financial services has the right, like anybody else, to be engaged in the process. I personally think that collaboration would lead to better outcomes, not worse outcomes.”