If you want to cut spending by $2 trillion to $5 trillion, I will disagree, but at least I will think it is internally consistent.

So they are paying extra for the ability to own a home? Do they know this? Have they been told this?

Who pays all the revenue that you get? Am I wrong to think that the vast majority of your money comes out of fees that are charged to middle-income homeowners?

I plan to introduce a House version of that same bill shortly.

I know this is not one of the more sexy issues to come up before the committee.

I think that the Center On Budget and Policy Priorities was absolutely right when they proclaimed this program as HUD's best-kept secret for promoting employment and asset growth.

I think that it is important that the record reflect that no comment about being nice to either Democratic or Republican witnesses ever came from me.

That is not a reason for us to take the giant banks off the hook for prudential regulation.

Mr. Speaker, I am glad to be outraged on this one. About a month ago, the majority party took away the ability of people using the internet to keep their information private. You allowed every person on the internet, every company, to…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Let us be honest. There are no legitimate consumer groups who support repealing this rule. The consumer groups are actually with the consumers, and they want this rule. So let us be clear…

this discussion draft will most certainly undermine the SEC's rulemaking authority in this space.