Gregory Meeks

We need to make sure that we hire and employ more Black appraisers so that they can have an opportunity to lessen some of the guidelines for the appraisers.

This whole thing in regards to algorithms, can you explain what the role of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) are and what more needs to be done to make sure that calculations and algorithms aren't having inadvertent negative consequences…

So, if you are not going to support Ukraine, then say you are not supporting Ukraine because that does cause us to have higher gas prices and inflation in the United States of America.

We had a conversation with Fed Chairman Powell, who said that if we hadn't made the investments that we made during the pandemic, our economy would not be as strong as it is right now.

And yes, the war in Ukraine is affecting the economies, which is why the President is at the G7 and at NATO now working together with our allies who are also suffering from inflation and suffering from Putin's war.

But it also seems to me that when you help someone, give them a handout, it is okay, but when you have the huge Republican tax cuts that go to the wealthiest of Americans, that is much more money than you see going to regular folks, that…

Congress must pass this committee's housing title of the Build Back Better Act, legislation I drafted that would create and preserve over one million homes.

I am prayerful today, and finally today, that I can come on the floor of the House and say to the victims of gun violence and say to those who lost their lives, and to their families, that I can be on the floor of the House today, not just…

I would probably have to talk about the conglomerate of things, because if you take away two or three of those, we might not be in the situation here.

All of it unprecedented, all of it really out of the control of anyone, out of the control of the Democrats, out of the control of the Republicans, out of the control of the President, out of the control of other governments, isn't that…

I thank Representative Green for yielding, and, of course, I thank Chairwoman Waters for bringing this important piece of legislation to the floor. I heard Ranking Member McHenry talk today, and I think that the American people understand…

An unjustified war of aggression by a nuclear power has upended the postwar settlement.

A year seems like a long time ago, and global politics have changed.

This kind of accountability ought to be overwhelmingly bipartisan.

Chairman Gensler is exceeding the authority that Congress has granted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We really need to weigh the weighty matters.

I think it is useful. It is a good hearing, and of the fact, as you highlighted in your opening remarks, Mr. Chairman, part of the purpose was already achieved.

There is a direct connection between Putin, this war, and this blockade that can have people starving in Africa, and Central and South America, and indeed, even right here in the United States of America.

People will starve. ... Why are people in starvation that may be on the line? What Putin is doing is blocking the Black Sea.

As President Zelenskyy said, he`s not only fighting for the sovereignty of Ukraine, we know and we can see, that is the intent of Putin to move on to the Baltic states, to Moldova, to Georgia, and not to stop there.

For the purpose of closing. Madam Speaker, as we stand here right now, in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary Antony Blinken is testifying and talking about his recent visit to Kyiv, asking--well, replying to questions that…

I have no further requests for time at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time.

First, let me thank Representative Spartz. She traveled with me when we visited Poland, and I know she was recently over there. She has relatives, and I think we saw her with--I think it was her grandparent, who is in her nineties, on…

People operate and live their day-to-day lives in a digital world and they want to be able to move money digitally.

Thank God that the American people aren't waiting for Congress to move forward with digital technology, right?