"The cost of the smallest commercial industrial loans has risen at least 10 percent from the pre-crisis average."
"I believe Dodd-Frank has caused the big banks to get bigger and put the pressure on the small banks to go out of business and merge with them."
"One of the problems with the QM rule is that by saying it is a qualified mortgage means it is a qualified mortgage, inferring that it is a preferred mortgage."
"community banks have become profitable in spite of Dodd-Frank; definitely not because of Dodd-Frank."
"I can tell you just from the testimony we had the other day, you know, the card companies are in the process of--this is a step-by-step process."
"CFPB is a figment of our creation of Dodd-Frank here, and to me it is the most dangerous agency in Washington because it is unaccountable."
"Dodd-Frank is crippling small lenders access to capital."
"The Clear Act, H.R. 1233, sponsored by Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, includes the portfolio QM provision that I described."
"Dodd-Frank needs to be streamlined."
"I think it was interesting that when we had the former author of the bill, Mr. Frank himself, in this committee a little over a year ago, he indicated that the SIFI situation has gone well beyond the ..."
"Coming from a state that has the seventh largest highway system, I know just how crucial America's roads and infrastructure are to our state's and our nation's economy."