"Mr. Castro, you are telling me that as Secretary of FHA, you don't know the past-due figure of your own book of business today?"
"As Yogi Berra said, it is like deja vu all over again. This committee has examined and sounded the alarm on FHA and called for more responsible risk management for years, yet nothing seems to change."
"So the ultimate backstop, then, for your agency are the taxpayers, correct?"
"If our bankers ever came in to examine the HUD, you would be on the problem-shop list, if not closed, tomorrow."
"I heard from many small business owners in rural Missouri which I represent with little or no access to high speed broadband."
"If this rule goes forward, I see no way that it does not wind up in the Supreme Court."
"this is the biggest fear why we are looking at this rule in this light is the tremendous fear of overreach."
"It is interesting that we are discussing this rule today because I know the chairman and I fought this battle a couple, three years ago."
"I think it is time that they were reined in."
"It seems like everybody--and this is something I have talked with the regulators about is having some deference here."
"That is the CLEAR Relief Act, H.R. 1750, introduced by Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, a former community banker."