It is the African American community... that is being crushed... we are going to stand up and fight this Administration.

They want to send food in boxes, canned food, dried milk, powder milk, to the poor people in this country.

This is indeed, as you have said, a very important hearing.

We are in Congress and deal with the power of the people to do something about this sort of thing.

I feel that we have a responsibility to make sure that all neighborhoods are served and if banks don't want to be any part of helping low-income neighborhoods, then maybe we have to look at doing something through the Federal Government.

We need to beware of the ides of our banking regulators and nowhere is this more poignant than with our pawnbrokers.

We need to prohibit this. We need to send a very loud message to the banking community.

I don't know of anybody right now, any Federal agency, that is investigating that breach.

It forces banking regulators to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives.

Do you think 6 weeks to notify the public of a breach was fair to the American people?

The United States of America is the number one target.

I am very worried. I am worried about the future of our Nation. It seems that we are in a cyber data breach world war.

I struggle to understand why anyone could not be supportive of putting together regulations that incentivize more companies to clear derivatives.

Secretary Perdue, as always, it is a pleasure. Let me commend you on the excellent job you are doing.

If it weren't for Florida A&M, I wouldn't be sitting here today.

I also want to thank you for your work with me and other Members of this Committee on H.R. 51, which would help to be able to address the issue of getting more young people into farming.

It will look very hypocritical if, on the one hand, the Administration is so eager in going after cybersecurity and then, on the other hand, having the consumer protection agency to back away.

I wanted to make sure we are able to get that cost-share program and get the financial help to our cotton farmers that we need.

the American people are very upset that this Administration is taking this backward step, back from investigating the most dangerous security threat in this Nation's history.

there are millions of American families who this would affect who do not use the traditional lenders like banks or credit unions

I just want to commend Mr. Hultgren and Mr. Delaney for a job well done.

I know my colleague Mr. Roger Williams is a very fine gentleman, and he wouldn't want to do anything that would hurt millions of American families

I am a very determined person on this committee, ever since I have been here, to make sure that our financial system is No. 1 in the world.

I truly believe that both our anti-money-laundering and the Bank Secrecy Act, they offer great opportunities for our FinTech companies to come together, partner with our banks, and come up with some innovative solutions to this.

Nothing focuses the mind in the morning like an execution scheduled later that night.