"So is that acceptable, that 19 people were denied their opportunity to speak?"
"There seems to be a lack of seriousness and commitment to help the hardest hit homeowners keep their homes."
"One of the reasons this really, really bothers me is that we sent out $140 billion in improper payments last year."
"You have to take seriously what Congress intends."
"I think the whole point of the program was to help people who owned their homes to be able to stay in their homes."
"I hope you didn't spend a million dollars on it, because I think for a million dollars I could have gone in there with a sledgehammer and a wheelbarrow."
"The process is so impossibly complex and cumbersome."
"the program is virtually shut down."
"One of the problems, potential problems that I see in some of these programs, particularly demolition, is that the State agencies ensure that there's an open bid process for that type of work so that ..."
"So you've got $962,000 in balance?"
"I don't like the idea of us having to have hearings like this and then coming back and trying to fix a problem that should never have occurred to start with."