I have had the great fortune of having three wonderful careers during my life: one as a husband and father of 9 children and a grandfather of 40, one as a Major League baseball player for 27 years, and one in public service for 30 years…

I have serious concerns about her views on monetary policy and her actions during the credit and housing bubble. In reviewing Federal Open Market Committee, FOMC, meeting minutes and transcripts, it is clear to me that Dr. Yellen will…

in 2006, we had a huge housing crisis in this country. And even before that, the mortgage crisis showed its face in 2001 and 2002.

you all have not come up with a solution to solve it.

I continue to hear from well over 40 Kentucky community banks about the heavy hand of your examiners and their supervisors.

Are the Fed and the GSEs going to aggressively pursue pull-back of mortgages to the originators and investment banks to reduce taxpayer losses?

I will be more than happy to give you 40 names of 40 banks.

When are you going to do something about this and get off the backs of our community bankers?

today I rise to pay tribute to Senator Ted Stevens, who will be laid to rest today at Arlington National Cemetery. Unfortunately, Senator Stevens was taken from us on August 9 of this year, but his legacy will live on through the countless…

if the Congress does it that way, you are absolutely correct that this program will fall into an abyss and never pay for itself, and the Government will be on the hook for more than the 18 plus billion dollars it presently is.

One of my proudest accomplishments in the U.S. Senate was authorizing the 2004 law that reauthorized the National Flood Insurance Program.