Barney Frank: “I hope to hear you remind my Republican colleagues about just how close to the brink we came in 2008.”

Congress generally, and this subcommittee in particular has historically played a critical role in strengthening accountability at the World Bank.

Barney Frank said that he believed that it was a war on crypto that motivated this--not a systemic risk of crypto.

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

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.