Congressman Ellison criticized the hearing as unjust and un-American.

Calls to eliminate all government involvement in the secondary mortgage market are not responsible.

Let's not forget that the subprime mortgage securities were created by Wall Street firms, not Fannie and Freddie.

We are reviewing a broad range of things we can do to improve the operations in Gaza.

I introduced a bill that would give the Federal Reserve oversight over credit rating agencies when they analyzed the rating structure of financial products.

Some of the findings you made regarding credits cards and other things are just great.

There is clearly an asymmetry of information and experience, so that duty might be beneficial.

The bottom line is that it will give protections to people who need it.

I think that having a duty of care might help to alleviate some of that.

I want to thank the entire panel and your being here to help inform us on how to formulate this legislation late on a Thursday night.

the NAACP supports H.R. 1782, the Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009, introduced by Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota.