Chuck Grassley actually said...

"it seems like this is an unseemingly high amount of money being spent by the taxpayers to defend what appears to be egregious misconduct."

"I have already stated some opinion that I have about this, so you already have some background for questions I might ask."

"That figure is 70 times larger than the average settlement at Countrywide."

"Your testimony references the settlement that the Department obtained against lenders who violated the SCRA."