Ed Royce: “Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel and other distinguished members of the committee, thank you very much for…”

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.

Testimony by the Faith Coalition to Stop Genocide in Burma.

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

The headlines are pretty clear: ``Hurricanes Bigger and Costlier than Ever Before''; ``2.3 Billion People Affected by Flooding Disasters in 20 Years''; ``Rising Sea Levels Could Cost the U.S. Trillions.'' Yet, somehow, Congress fails to…