"Something needs to be done."
"You tell me that they are more guilty than the presidents of banks who have the responsibility for running that bank don't know that drug money is going through those banks?"
"I conveyed many of these concerns in a letter I sent to Chairman Hensarling on April 23rd requesting that he reconsider his position."
"I want to thank Representative Waters and Sensenbrenner for their sponsorship of the Private Property Rights Protection Act and for their support of property owners and tenants nationwide."
"But Congress has so far refused to join the rest of the Nation in Kelo backlash and continues to fund eminent domain abuse."
"Congress must stop funding this abuse of power. Our Federal tax dollars shouldn't be used to take away our homes and businesses so that developers can build shopping malls and high-priced condominiums..."
"This is a very important hearing and I look forward to hearing more from our witnesses about today's bills before the committee."
"I think there is consensus that the over-the-counter derivatives market proved to be a tremendous source of systemic risk during the last crisis."
"I recently introduced, along with the ranking member of this subcommittee, Michael Capuano, bipartisan FHA solvency legislation that passed this committee unanimously last year."
"I would like to get a little clarification discussion from Mr. Thomas about the requirement that FHA has sufficient reserves to pay predicted claims over 30-year period."
"I think it is time to take a look at this."
"I am going to come back and talk to you again about the possibility of a review of this that would help to rearrange our reserve requirements."