Madam President, we are not at this moment without votes on this important legislation for lack of effort by the distinguished Senator from Louisiana. She has been extraordinarily determined, as she was with her earlier small business…

a comprehensive settlement like what is being discussed cannot solve all these problems, but it will help provide at least a measure of certainty.

Many people, the best form of housing for them is affordable, decent rental housing.

I think it is important to note that there is bipartisan agreement that we need to restructure Fannie and Freddie.

There is bipartisan agreement that we need to restructure Fannie and Freddie and limit the Government's role in the mortgage market.

I am particularly pleased that the report focuses on achieving a better balance in the U.S. housing market to provide for a wider range of housing choices.

It is very important that we try to bring this to bed as quickly as we can.

Senator Reed from Rhode Island and I are introducing legislation to fix a servicing model that has caused foreclosure fraud and homeowner abuse in Ohio and across the Nation.

I think the Nation, Congress, regulators, were obsessed with home ownership in terms of that as the primary housing policy.

If we act precipitously, as some have suggested, the already fragile housing market and the overall economy could be severely affected.

How central and critical is this funding to your overall strategy and your assessment of ultimate success in Afghanistan?

Mr. Speaker, today we will consider proposals to cut foreclosure prevention programs during one of the worst housing downturns in our Nation's history. A safe and affordable home is central to the American Dream and central to a strong…

I have studied WMD issues and been involved with them for many years now, whether it is in my role in the Homeland Security Committee or in the Armed Services Committee or Intelligence Committee.

I am particularly concerned about the chem-bio and, of that, probably the biological threats that we face because of dual-use technologies.

But one of the descriptions of what has taken place, particularly in 2008, was a system of privatized profits and socialized losses.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the creativity, effort, and resourcefulness of two local housing authorities in the First Congressional District of Rhode Island. At a time when Rhode Island and many other States across our country…

I thank the gentleman from California for organizing this Special Order. I'm new to this Chamber, I've been here 2 months, but I think the poll that was released today, the Bloomberg poll released this morning, again found that America's…

And my sense is the SEC and CFTC and other agencies are those critical agents that ensure private profits, but also ensure that when things go bad, it is not going to be the citizen or the taxpayer that picks up the losses, either--a…