It's completely within our capacity to do, and we have to make sure we justify that confidence that you see in markets every day now.

the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government maintains jurisdiction over the annual appropriations for the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Any further reductions in the CDFI Fund's appropriations will directly result in the loss of jobs, affordable housing, and small business credit.

One of the reasons businesses can't borrow is that they can't pledge the warehouse and the real estate as collateral, because there's a question of the value.

We urge you to maintain fiscal year 2011 funding levels of $227 million for the CDFI Fund in fiscal year 2011.

The Congress probably exercises its most effective oversight of agencies and programs through the appropriations process.

I would say, where there's complexity is where people hide money and push the envelope.

It is almost a shock to know that 1 out of 4 people in America are unbanked; they have no access to banking services.

It's not a surprise Wall Street is balking at the CFPB starting up--fully informed consumers will make markets more competitive, eliminating the ability of banks, lenders, and mortgage brokers to profit from sheer confusion.

We have reached a sad point in America when small-town banks are unwilling or unable to lend to small-town businesses.

I don't think it's any surprise that the tables have turned politically here on Capitol Hill since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act.

I fear what's going to happen in the Chicagoland area, because I can see the same story playing out.

The Congress exercises its most-effective oversight of agencies and programs through the appropriations process.

I've got quite a bit of information here about the impact of the CDFI Fund.

I agree with your premise--that the recession that we're still living through can be traced to many sources, and one of those was an unregulated derivatives market.

I understand, when we talk about the futures markets and the oil prices, that speculation is not illegal.

The Dodd-Frank Act gives you more tools to deal with market speculation and manipulation, as it relates to oil prices.

That's $32 billion that Muammar Gaddafi can not use to pay mercenaries, gas up his tanks, or purchase weapons to fight his own people.