Chuck Schumer actually said...

"By no means is this problem exclusive to financial services."

"It is an historic undertaking, one of the most important debates in which we have engaged here in a long time."

"This hearing will focus on critical consumer, investor, and shareholder protections in financial services."

"I really would say that your program is going to have a significant and deep effect on housing markets, improving them, and that can reverberate throughout the whole economy."