I agree that we should be moving in a direction of reducing unnecessary regulation, particularly on smaller entities.

These are people who have systematically overrated private securities but systematically underrated public entities.

We clearly believe that municipalities have been badly treated by this system.

That is kind of like saying, if you live in Iowa, you have more chance of being eaten by a shark than if you lived in Montana.

I differ with the Senator's interpretation of the purpose. I thought risk retention was very important.

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

With multiple co-sponsors, both Senator Scott Brown and Congressman Barney Frank from our home State of Massachusetts, introduced identical bills in the House and the Senate, known as the Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act, H.R. 2498 and…

We sometimes hold back in using our legitimate moral authority because we worry about somehow alienating other countries.

The Republicans spent all last year telling us that they were just ready to take on this tough issue of what to do about housing finance.

the notion that people will not be able to make loans unless they can securitize without risk retention I think is a great mistake.

I thought the question was pretty clear.