"I think that is the fear that a lot of us have in this current economy with the job situation as it is that that may be more risky."
"I, for one, am pleased that it sounds like it is going to be an easy pledge from all of us on this committee to say there won't be an FHA bailout."
"But doesn't that sort of go counter to your argument that the FHA is needed for countercyclical, and if you guys are that rock solid, why isn't the private sector stepping in?"
"I believe that our market share is now shrinking is evidence, I believe, that the steps that we are talking on premiums and on underwriting are, in fact, moving in that direction."
"When I was going through and getting my real estate license 20 years ago, I was taught that people aren't brown, they are not yellow, they are not white, and they are not black. They are green."
"It is my hope and desire to make sure that those rules that you are implementing are based on that, and that it then provides that guidance."
"And when you have a crack in that system, it makes it very difficult to put our hard-working families back to work."
"Washington can operate in a bubble. That has been very evident."
"The legislation, which would designate approximately 32,557 acres as wilderness, enjoys broad public support in Michigan."
"We are extremely grateful to the nine House co-sponsors of this bill, especially the Honorable Bill Huizenga."
"But for 60 years that has worked. There has been a 0.5 percent MIP that has covered that. And by changing the game now, you only hurt the next generations of homebuyers."
"It seems to me that we need to just blame intergenerational expectations."