the housing crisis, I will only echo what others have said, is unquestionably at the very root and the very heart of the economic crisis our country faces today

I think you will serve very well at OMB.

I always say you can tell the mark of talented people by knowing where they got their start.

there is no question that if we had had better disclosure and better information as it relates to home ownership today, we would not have the problems we have.

I would hate for what Nelson Mandela has said is a 'global movement where every word spoken, where every partnership discovered, where every promise made can have a direct impact on the lives of millions of people across our planet for…

America is great because it is good and one of its goodnesses is in fact what we do through initiatives of President Clinton.

I have always believed that risk-based pricing may be part of what they must do.

I do not think anybody disputes that.

40 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, a good part of our country remains highly segregated.

I believe that every family, every man, woman, and child, deserves a place to call home.

I appreciate the significant voluntary steps that go above and beyond the requirements of the law and ethics regulations.