"I do not think there is any doubt that they could become skittish in the future if they do not know what Congress next will invalidate, the written contract they had when they loaned the money."
"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..."
"I think it sends the absolutely wrong message."
"we do not want to help people now at the cost of the future economy."
"I think that is a recognition that there is no free lunch. Somebody will pay for when principal is crammed down."
"Some critics have said that this program amounts to the selling of a national birth right."
"So these provide incentives to make people be interested in the program."
"I just know an example of a major international corporation and the individual wanted to be an American citizen and was hiring 4,000 Americans, Alabamians, to work in his plant and it took a while to ..."
"Senator Sessions' support."
"I think based on the suggestions at this hearing today, there are a lot of ways that we can make this program in the United States run more effectively"
"I believe that this EB-5 program should be part of our immigration mix."