I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Madam Speaker, it was some 13 years ago that a friend of mine at home approached me and described to me the characteristics and symptoms of a disorder he called fragile x. He demonstrated a…

I want to join with the American people in paying tribute to the Haitian people. Who have suffered so much. But who have proven so strong. While the world does all it can to help, it is the Haitian people, first and foremost, who are…

That is why I take offense when I hear it is the Community Reinvestment Act that did this. That is baloney.

God forbid they have a total collapse on the real estate market, we are going to be back to where we were in September of 2008.

We didn't get here because of government. We got here because government didn't do its job.

If we continue to drag this out... we are going to find ourselves in a real serious, severe crisis.

I think it says something about our system, our political system and how, you know, how there are powerful interests that oftentimes, I believe, don't really understand their own interests in the long term.

There are no more bailouts coming from this Congress. That ain't gonna happen.

If they want the market to function in a way where there is no government support, intervention, regulation, they will discover it if there is another September of 2008; it will be a debacle.

It isn't about government overregulating. It is government abdicating its responsibility to supervise.

I guess my position is, we don't have time.

I believe ardently that it is the responsibility of these Committees to do the oversight that is necessary to repair the damage that was done in the preceding Administration to America's image.

I applaud what you are trying to accomplish. I might have some disagreements in terms of degree, but I know what you are trying to do.

We owe it to the American people, to our justice system, to attempt to do that.

I find repugnant and offensive, and again adds to why we need to do--to close Guantanamo and to move forward.

I wanted to note that in hearings before the Committee which I Chaired there were a number of military prosecutors that testified that described that entire process as a sham, a joke and a fraud being perpetrated.

I think it cannot be stated often enough that it certainly has proven to be simply on a financial basis a good investment.

It has saved the United States not only treasure but blood.

I guess bailouts don't work except when they work.

When you are looking for whipping boys, you know, the CRA is just a prime target.

I think we have a lot more to learn, and I agree with the Ranking Member. I would like to learn about how government created this mess.

Who makes the determination as to who 'known terrorists' are?

The military commissions will always be a second-rate court system set up for illegitimate purposes.

These cases belong in article III courts. We have nothing to fear from our own courts.