Melvin Watt: “As I have no further speakers, I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan, commonsense bill, and I yield back the…”

This is in line with my consistently repeated belief that it is the role of Congress, not FHFA, to decide on housing finance reform.

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.

I want to be clear that the reason I would not raise my hand is because I would not make a unilateral decision.

It is horrific to me, to think that, one day, when my daughter enters the workforce, that she might be harassed.