I introduced the first piece of legislation enacted to address the foreclosure crisis, The Mortgage Debt Relief Act.
I'd like you to look at it and the reason why you're not--from a public policy, it seems to me you should take care of them if you let them ...
I have worked relentlessly for FHA reform.
The chairman has talked about the fact that you've had a 500 percent increase in lenders.
Thank you Senators Murray and Bond for holding this hearing on FHA's role in the current housing crisis.
By the way, this increased rating by rating agencies, that is impressive because they really look at you, and I think that is something that...
It is hazardous. If it dries on the ground and it is breathed, it will cause respiratory problems.
I have always thought that we should have trade and tourism with other countries, and we should have cultural and educational exchanges, and...
But we are spending money that we don't have.
It seems to me that we have to take another look at what we are doing.
How much longer we can go on spending these ridiculous amounts of money, especially in a time when we are adding $4 trillion to our national...
You are looking now at 2010.
It would be like in the State government we would call it our 'rainy-day fund?'
So the point is that you are going to try to take that within the operation of the city, and you are not going to touch the rainy-day fund, ...
So that the hit you are taking in terms of your revenues would be probably the sales tax?
And, of course, you have had to estimate what you think the revenues are going to be for the District.
The District's progress since the 1990s has been something Senator Akaka and I have followed close while serving on this Subcommittee.
Because if you cannot compete for the people, how do you expect to bring them on board?
