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.

But they are not principal reductions, so let us just be----

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.

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.

How many more people have to lose their homes before we get there?

If we cannot count on CEOs and senior management to reinvest at least some of the corporate profits in their workers like they used to, what steps should the Government take to fill that void?

reserving the right to object, I thank the Senator from Texas for his remarks. As I stated previously, there are 58 Senators who have supported moving forward to debate this bill. But it has not passed the Senate because of a Republican…

Congress could stop giving preferential treatment to this kind of income, to wealth income--stocks and dividends--over work.

corporate profits in America are at an all-time, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to hit new records.

Thank you very much for having this hearing, for pulling together such an illustrious panel.

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.