the gentleman from Kentucky, has stated that his goal is to make Barack Obama a one-term President

I think it's a fair question to ask what they are going to do from this point forward, but they were put together for systemic risk.

This proposal today is a good proposal. It is something that is long overdue and I congratulate the chairwoman for submitting it.

This will not end homelessness. The only way for us to do that as a society is to be honest about it and to try to put money on the table to build more affordable housing.

It is a national embarrassment that we have children on the streets.

Regulation is important, and if we are going to get a bipartisan deal done here, I think we need to be factual and we need to understand that some regulation is very important.

If you want to look at facts, let's look at the compliance costs, which are now 30 times what I was told they would be on this committee when that bill passed.

Mr. Chairman, I know that the obvious question everyone wants to know is, where is the money?

I am not afraid of regulation, but that can't possibly work.

That is ridiculous.

The collapse of MF Global was one of the largest bankruptcies in our Nation's history.