Are the community banks and credit unions borrowing for one-quarter of 1 percent?

Is there anything you think we should do or think about going forward to make sure that the Federal home loan banks really are focused on lending to community institutions?

We need housing finance reform. It has been 5 years since the crash and long past the time we need to make these reforms.

Pay equity is an important issue for American women, and Congress has taken good steps in the right direction by passing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

As we consider the reform of mortgage finance, we have to think about the role that the Federal home loan banks will play.

Transparency is powerfully important in any housing finance reform.

it has been 18 days since the interest rate on new direct student loans doubled from 3.4 percent to nearly 7 percent. Students will head off to college in a few weeks and Congress still has not found a way to keep their interest rates low…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Hirono). Without objection, it is so ordered. Student Loan Program

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And, Chairman Bernanke, thank you for all your service during very hard times.

Now, that is $800 a family in a State, Massachusetts, where the median home income is $324,500.

Now, some reports have indicated that a big part of those profits have come from the banks' trading activity--in other words, not from boring banking but from trading on Wall Street and elsewhere.

Then we need to look at other steps. As you know, I have introduced, along with Senator McCain, Senator Cantwell, and Senator King, a Glass-Steagall bill, another tool in the toolbox to deal with too big to fail.