Melvin Watt: “Much of Dr. Brown's success can be attributed to the founding of the Palmer Memorial Institute but she was also involved…”

What we learned, first and foremost, is that having one foot in the public sector and one foot in the private sector does not work because when you have a foot in the public sector, taxpayers take the risk, and a foot in the private…

The real problem was that I think because there was this competition to make money for the private sector, there developed a race to the bottom.

Woman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am pained to be here today in opposition to this bill. I stood shoulder to shoulder with the chair of our full committee 2 years ago in patent reform after working almost 6 years to find…

Senator, that is just not true now. What we did not do was principal reduction, but there are millions and millions of people that we have provided relief for whose homes were in jeopardy.