As you know, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act as it is commonly known, was signed into law about 1 year ago. This bill received the support of both Democrats and Republicans on the Financial Services Committee. Some…

I would like to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for Congresswoman Barbara Lee. I want to thank her for having the vision to organize today's activities and to say to me and to our other friend Lynn Woolsey…

I conveyed many of these concerns in a letter I sent to Chairman Hensarling on April 23rd requesting that he reconsider his position.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 want to thank Mr. Ellison and Mr. Grijalva for their leadership with the Congressional Progressive Caucus. I rise in support of the Back to Work budget. Let me just say it again--back to work. This is what this budget is all about…

As a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, I am so very, very proud to be here in support of the Congressional Black Caucus budget. This is a budget with a centerpiece: Job creation. This is a budget that is balanced. This is a budget…

I thank Mr. Van Hollen for yielding me this time. Today I rise in strong opposition to the Republican budget, a budget that makes absurd claims to reducing the deficit by repealing crucial government authority to protect our economy. Lest…

I think you agree that the Congress should be convening hearings on specific GSE reform proposals.

I have been urging my colleagues to begin the work of reforming the GSEs because without action from this committee, Acting Director DeMarco will have to continue to take it upon himself to do the work of reshaping Fannie Mae and Freddie…

I appreciate that this is a tough job and that it is not easy serving in an acting capacity for nearly 4 years.

I am concerned that Mr. DeMarco has used his wide latitude in regulating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make a number of controversial decisions during his tenure.

I think we can start down the road to talking about what this perhaps private-public partnership can be.

We desperately need this. And when we try and compete with Wall Street, with New York, with Chicago, what have you, for these people, it is difficult.

I could use whatever assistance we can get.

I am very concerned about any proposed reduction in the committee's 2013 budget.

We really need to see this at work, and how it works.

I don't know at this point what that is, but I do know, to the degree that we are able to expedite the tremendous responsibilities we have, we could use whatever assistance we can get.