I am focused basically on how we can create more affordable housing for the many citizens of this country who cannot find places to rent.

I am very, very suspicious that this is an effort to privatize public housing.

Don't let American jobs go overseas. Keep the playing field level for American businesses. Reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank.

I am convinced of the high performance, the excellent default rate, the support for both large and small businesses.

But do we want to shut down the Export-Import Bank because we have a person or a few persons who have acted improperly? I don't think so.

I don't like payday loans.

I think Mr. Cordray has done a wonderful job.

There are a lot of people who are watching what is happening in the industry, and we find that we are afraid that what happened in the housing market with subprime lending is now what is happening with automobile lending.

We have constituents who, no fault of their own, don't earn very much money, don't have money for food or for their bills prior to their next payday, and they go to a payday lender and then they get hooked.

I have tremendous support from the California Chamber of Commerce.

this business of talking about this very important institution to be closed down for all of these phony reasons really is something that I cannot take seriously and the American public cannot take seriously.