Ed Royce: “The step taken at the ITU conference in December was only the first in a planned series by these authoritarian regimes.”

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.

But I will ask both of you, we have got to engage with countries across Africa even the most challenging countries.

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.