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Yes, I would like to go back to an issue that I think Mr. Sherman from California raised with you, and Mr. Mulvaney, to try to get your position actually nailed down on Richmond, California's proposed use of eminent domain to seize…

The question that you need to answer, if you think it through, is will the FHA insurance fund be counted on or not?

Why will you not state without a doubt that FHA will not be used to refinance these seized mortgages?

No, we know exactly what the programs look like. This isn't a hypothetical.

The FHFA has made a very strong statement for a reason--they stated that they would restrict or cease business activities within the jurisdiction of any local authority or any State employing eminent domain to restructure mortgage loan…

The presence of our troops there over this last decade has essentially been the driving force of Afghanistan's economy.

I just think this is outrageous. And I think that we need to find some way of relieving our end users.

I don't think 30,000 troops solves it. I don't think 10,000.

We should be working together to make sure people have access to quality affordable health care rather than trying to find fault and blame.

without providing that and without providing the continued aid we wouldn't have a seat at the table.

It seems easy around here sometimes to defund agencies like yours, because, frankly, I think a lot of folks aren't exactly clear on what FMC's mission really is as opposed to, for instance, the Coast Guard.

This House passed 402-22 just last month a bill that would create a special envoy to promote religious freedom of religious minorities in the Near East and South Asia.

the broadest reasonable interpretation standard should apply to what has already been invented.

I don't think the FHA is on that list, but I know Congress is.

Morsi was elected but he was elected in a way that gives credence to the view that when you elect the Brotherhood or similar organizations you get one person one vote one time and that is the last free election in that society.

It's clear that the new government in Egypt is better for the United States as a nation state, more consistent in its policies in the Middle East with regard to national security.

sequestration certainly has had a drastic impact on all of our Government agencies, and smaller agencies are much more sensitive to any funding reductions since, really, every dollar counts.