Ryan F. Quarles: “I think that you can actually have more effect in really supporting the low- and moderate-income portions of the…”

Kentucky's legislative and regulatory framework is widely recognized today as one of the best in the nation.

I do think that a legislature is in a better position to resist the slippery slope for that solution.

We feel strongly that hemp is a commodity crop. It is legal to produce and that we should not be criminalizing or intending to criminalize producers for producing a legal crop.

If Congress does choose to provide a guarantee for mortgages, I would urge that the guarantee be explicit and transparent, done in a manner that protects taxpayers, and apply to securities not institutions.