Brad Sherman

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported over 700 people were disappeared, kidnapped, never heard of again.

Since 2001, we have provided over $100 billion of economic and security assistance to Afghanistan, not to mention the blood and treasure of fighting the war.

Is it the policy of the United States in Afghanistan to destroy poppy crops to the full extent that that can be done without destroying legitimate agriculture?

The Fed serves the American public, and I think it is appropriate for Congress to think carefully about how to make sure the Fed is a fully public institution.

The Fed should be restructured in part because it is so highly undemocratic.

If there has been a failure of Fed policy, it is because they were too timid with quantitative easing.

I can think of no more credible analyst. And you quote me to say that Section 13(3) is still a dangerous code section.

I welcome you to go to the average home in your home State, knock on the door, say you have so many bedrooms in that most average home, you are living in luxury.

This tax bill will certainly make it more difficult for Fannie and Freddie because... this is going to adversely affect home prices.

We need a government agency to provide the guarantee if we are going to have 30-year fixed rate mortgages available to regular working families in the United States.

I would point out that, especially after the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S. gratuitously took anti-Russian positions.

I would like to thank the Chair for holding these hearings and hope that it actually leads to a markup.

I want to add my voice to Mr. Scott's, that I hope we move forward on a markup.

That is a pretty good starting point.

The national interest, I think, requires that we are able to have vehicles that move money to small businesses.

We have a lot of systems that move money to large corporations, to government bonds, to real estate.

We are focused on sustainable housing finance, the old system.

What was not sustainable is the old system where Fannie and Freddie had private shareholders and private management.

But to blame this on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is absurd.

The Republican tax cut adds another $150 billion to $200 billion a year

Every Republican speaker in this committee has always had the debt chart up there and suddenly it disappeared

One problem is the availability of affordable housing. We need to build more apartments, condos, and homes.

I would urge you first to get legal counsel, to know what your responsibilities are, and second, to discuss with other Cabinet officers how you would implement Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.

Now, I opposed this deal because the restrictions on Iran's nuclear programs were temporary but U.S. obligations under the deal are permanent.

I want to commend you for having the debt clock up behind the witnesses.