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We asked them, 'Who did this?' Because that was the question. The American people wanted to know who did this.

I must tell you that, in my view, we should not relent on the 2-percent goal.

We encourage this Committee to collaborate with the Senate Finance Committee and other committees of jurisdiction.

The Indian Trust Asset Reform Act of 2013 would establish a voluntary mechanism for Indian tribes to prioritize the management and funding of their trust assets.

One of them is S. 165, the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act of 2013 introduced by Senator Mike Crapo

It is shocking to hear the Federal Government is not doing duplicative work when instructed to do so by statute.

I would like to get with you--and we will do that--and urge you to provide the kind of information as well as legal analysis about the department's processes here that can help us address some of these issues.

It would seem to me that that is probably something that should be looked at here inasmuch as one of the main criticisms we get of the Federal Government always is the lack of urgency.

I think it is a first-rate bill and am looking forward to doing everything I can to work with her to get this passed.

The sooner Congress can act, the better it would be in terms of the overall success for both the Enterprises and FHFA.

I do not know of any others but perhaps there were, perhaps there were some others.

So, there have been two rules repealed by the Administration as a result of his Executive Order, is that what you are telling us?

I do not know who you talk to but it is entirely different than the businesses that I talk to.

That is such a great idea to review those rules and regulations.

You do not need to spend $40 million educating people on entrepreneurship.

Do you think you get that done with 46 people?

It ought to be your office that is going up instead of down because obviously what I hear from businesses, small, medium, and large, is that the bureaucracy is killing them, that they are being smothered by the regulatory process.

Let me tell you what they tell me is their number one concern--staying in business because they cannot compete when the government tells them they have to spend money on something they do not want to spend money on.