Heidi Alexander: “I wonder if the Republican leader would agree with me, if I may say through the Chair, that it is noteworthy that the…”

“I wonder if the Republican leader would agree with me, if I may say through the Chair, that it is noteworthy that the legislation we are talking about focuses on shop owners, auto dealers, real estate agents, farmers, community bankers, doctors, and dentists who had virtually nothing to do with this recession we are in, but this legislation completely leaves out the two giant Federal housing agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, that had almost everything to do with the recession we are in. Many, if not most experts, believed the crisis began through Fannie and Freddie. As far as I can tell, they are not addressed in this measure at all.”