Barney Frank: “The notion that--actually, Mr. DeLay was calling the shots then. You know, I wanted to deal with this.”

One thing that not only Barney Frank, Ms. Barnes and also Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice O'Connor agreed on is that that Kelo decision stripped those three words out of the Fifth Amendment, 'for public use.'

It was a great mistake to push lower income people into housing they couldn't afford and couldn't really handle once they had it.

People around the world have learned they can claim asylum and remain in the U.S. indefinitely to pursue their claims.

I urge staff to pay close attention to the differences in products offered by nonbank institutions and to be mindful of Congress's intent in financial reform that State consumer protection laws be preserved to the extent possible.