Ed Royce: “This bill, H.R. 3783, the Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012, ... deserves support.”

In the decade leading up to the financial crisis of 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spent nearly $200 million on lobbying activities and campaign contributions.

I would like to caution against making a bad situation worse.

I plan to introduce legislation with two objectives: The first, to explicitly prohibit Fannie and Freddie from engaging in lobbying activities while in conservatorship.

It has ended largely the pandemic, 16 million to 17 million people's lives have been saved.