If you are confirmed to this job, we are going to expect you to be tough on Russia.

I think it is important that they be public. We cannot exercise oversight without them.

you said you would tackle principal reduction. I asked you about it repeatedly, but for 2 years after you were sworn in, you did not move an inch on this.

For years--for years--people lost their homes because FHFA would not enforce the part of the bill that says give some relief to homeowners.

We need to end the Government conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and we need to do so in a way that protects taxpayers, establishes an explicit and paid-for Government guarantee, and provides more affordable housing options for…

Congress specifically required FHFA to consider principal reduction to achieve those goals.

Mr. President, we have a retirement crisis in this country. Today, among working families on the verge of retirement, about a third have no retirement savings of any kind and another third have total savings that are less than one year's…

Mr. President, when he was running for President, Donald Trump laid out a pretty clear vision of how he would deal with Wall Street. He said: ``Wall Street has caused tremendous problems for us.'' He claimed he wasn't ``going to let Wall…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to our witnesses for being here and for this thoughtful report that you've put together.

It seems like what we do right now is we encourage risk aversion and just stick with whatever you've done for the last 100 years rather than encouraging people to take some risks.

Actually, thanks to the attraction of Boston, Massachusetts.