"Minority Depository Institutions play a vital role in serving low- to moderate-income and underbanked communities."
"Since 2008, the number of Black-owned banks has decreased by more than 50 percent."
"This is a crisis, and regulators have failed to live up to their statutory obligations to preserve and promote MDIs."
"I cannot tell you how pleased I am about their advocacy because oftentimes, we accuse tenants of not being involved."
"I want to thank you because you have here before you today Ms. Geraldine Collins, the board president of the National Alliance of HUD tenants."
"They have not given you an answer about resources, and you are out there working, using your own resources to organize."
"Let me just say to the panel, if you are wondering about our frustration, it is because this issue has plagued us for so long, and we are watching the Black banks, in particular, that are literally go..."
"We need more transparency. That is extremely important."
"Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer have long been subjected to discrimination."
"We are going to do all that we can to not only present evidence of invidious discrimination, but we also want to have legislation to combat the discrimination."
"It is really about humanity and whether humanity will go forward together, recognizing that invidious discrimination is not something that we can tolerate."