We would like to look at expanding that to some debt financing as we go forward.

We need to somehow have more dialogue so there is not repetition.

I think we are all still working on this third piece, on getting the credit flowing again.

As we move as a nation to reduce our reliance on foreign oil and our reliance on fossil fuels, we clearly need to make sure that the clean energy companies get the credit and the financing they need to move forward.

Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh, his whole thing is entertainment. Yes, it's incendiary. Yes, it's ugly.

I'm the de facto leader of the Republican Party.

The impact is really devastating on communities like mine and across the State.

I appreciate that you are here, because here in Prince George's County we really are at the center of the storm in our State.

This is not enough. The programs that are in existence actually are geared toward people who are already in a state of trouble, and not looking ahead.

For some time I had called for the Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to be used to mitigate foreclosures.

I was advocating for the use of principal reductions in loan modifications.

I think we all know that people with second homes, people with yachts, real estate speculators and others can currently go into bankruptcy court.

It's important to get that--the stories, right from the ground.

I hope someday legislation will be passed to protect people like us.

Federal preemption is also inhibiting the solution.

Prince George's County is a vivid example that, right in the backyard of our nation's capital, the foreclosure crisis is here, and growing.

We all need to get behind that plan.

We've also had many cases where we have not been able to make progress, which is why it's essential that we move forward more aggressively on that front.