Blaine Luetkemeyer: “I just want to make a few comments here. It seems that the ranking member, as eloquently as she has spoken, continues to…”

“I just want to make a few comments here. It seems that the ranking member, as eloquently as she has spoken, continues to deflect from the bill we are talking about with regard to talking about mortgage servicing assets, the mortgage crisis that we had a few years ago. That is not in this bill. We are talking about Operation Choke Point, which is recognized by the Department of Justice. The Oversight and Government Reform Committee has a report from their own email showing that within their own agency there was a discussion among the legal staff, believing they didn't have the ability to do what they do. They thought it was illegal themselves to do what they were doing, and yet they did this. Mr. Chairman, for anybody who is listening and watching today, it should send a chill down their spine when you sit here and have the leading law enforcement agency in this country believe and know that they are doing something wrong and still do it. That, Mr. Chairman, cannot happen. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Florida (Mr. Ross), a cosponsor of the bill and a member of the Financial Services Committee.”