Jeff Sessions actually said...

"Look, I can see this is a huge thing for the Government to somehow force a person who has loaned somebody a bunch of money, given it to them, on a promise it will be paid back."

"we do not want to help people now at the cost of the future economy."

"But I would stress if it is solely a case of where you have a negative equity and, you know, your income stayed the same, your mortgage payment stayed the same, all it is is that the value of your hou..."

"We have a national interest in and the banks have an interest in not having too many houses fall on the market and collapse the price even further."