"Thank you very much, Madam Chairwoman. We have returned to work, and you got right on it with one of the most important issues of our time, what is going to happen in this housing market."
"I do believe that this potential scandal is going to be bigger than the subprime housing meltdown scandal."
"Students attending these institutions are already being exploited."
"I am committed to working with my colleagues on a practical, comprehensive reform proposal to reshape our housing finance system."
"Those measures must both encourage the return of private capital to the market, while also ensuring that we do not disrupt our housing finance system."
"If we move too precipitously, we run the risk of destabilizing our economy."
"I know that there are those who believe that somehow there were too many people who could not afford mortgages who were extended mortgage opportunities."
"I think that it was said by one of you that this should not be a partisan issue, that this should be a bipartisan issue."
"Under the Hensarling comprehensive GSE reform bill, he would like to completely privatize."
"I am open to perhaps restructuring how we support affordable housing in a future housing finance system."
"Government investment in people, education, infrastructure and innovation can create jobs and these jobs pay for themselves and then some over time."
"As a Member of Congress representing both Latinos and African Americans, I am very disappointed with the majority's effort to pit minorities against one another in a blatant attempt to derail comprehe..."