Barney Frank: “I think the role of the Federal Government, is the Federal Reserve has been working with the European Central Bank, has…”

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.

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.'

I think it is clear that Fannie and Freddie are sufficiently secure so they are in no great danger.

For example, there are key differences in product characteristics between payday, car title, and other high-cost secured loans and more traditional closed-end unsecured lending and related products, and the products are often regulated…