"I think we need a deeper investigation into the price hikes. Frankly, I think we need more support for those FDA inspectors who are trying to keep our drugs safe."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"How many more people have to lose their homes before we get there?"
"This looks like a program to me that you do not need to spend another year on. It is a program that needs to be severely cut back."
"You have not helped a single family, not even one, by agreeing to a principal reduction."
"It has been 6 years since Congress created FHFA, and in all that time, your agency has never, not once, permitted a family to reduce its principal mortgage through Fannie or Freddie."
"But they are not principal reductions, so let us just be----"
"Congress could pass, for example, the Employee Free Choice Act and make sure that there is more collective bargaining power in our economy."
"This is a topic we need to talk about--we need to do more than talk about; we need to do some things about."
"I have to say, and to think about what it would mean if that million workers made $5 more an hour in terms of what they could buy elsewhere in the economy."
"We should be closing tax loopholes and havens and ensuring that corporations, which are at an all-time high in profitability, are sharing some of that revenue."