Ed Royce: “We have no further speakers. I will close, if the gentlelady has no additional speakers.”

The power and influence they wielded had few peers.

Clearly there is strong bipartisan support for well-resourced, broad engagement in Africa.

There have been numerous reports of senior executives at the GSEs meeting with Federal policymakers to advocate for being taken out of conservatorship.

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