Maxine Waters actually said...

"We have discovered that the weeds had grown up, animals had taken over some, on and on and on, and it was driving down the value of other homes in the neighborhood."

"It was designed to stabilize neighborhoods. That is why it is called the Neighborhood Stabilization Project."

"the bill almost exclusively focuses on limiting burdens on the market and puts no emphasis on protecting investors."

"Enforcing securities laws should be a matter of protecting the rule of law, plain and simple."