"I hope there are another 14 hearings because this is one of the most expansive steps that government has taken."
"We appreciate Representative Huizenga's work on this important issue."
"Let me be clear. We all agree that we need to have stringent consumer protections, but these reforms are much-needed common-sense measures, I believe."
"Richard Cordray, Director of the CFPB, appointed by President Obama, recently testified that this was an 'oversight.'"
"People are not feeling hurt. They are looking for openness and genuineness, and they don't feel like they are getting that."
"There is a sense of frustration oftentimes that what we are hearing from our constituents and try to express is not responded to."
"I appreciate your candor. Those don't sound like huge problems to me, short of maybe the ombudsman creation."
"I think that is why you are seeing such frustration, anger, and hostility at this."
"You have thousands of hardworking people around this country who feel cheated. And frankly, it is hard not to disagree with them."
"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."
"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."