Kay Hagan actually said...

"I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce to you North Carolina's Commissioner of Banks, Joseph A. Smith, Jr."

"I am excited that, should he be confirmed, he will have the opportunity to serve as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency."

"I am sure they also got a taste of Joe's self-deprecating sense of humor."

"I think that this policy is discriminatory in nature and unnecessarily creates an institutional barrier."