Gregory Meeks

The power really rests with the people. It is us that have to get into the streets and make sure, irrespective of what they are trying to do, we are going to make sure that everybody is counted.

I am going to be very brief, because--and the reason why I wanted to make sure that I was here today is probably the most important time in the history of the United States of America since the passing of the Voting Rights Act and the…

Alexandria has really stepped up to the plate from the very beginning, from day one that she walked into the U.S. House of Representatives.

It is tremendously important, and I am delighted to join both of my colleagues, Carolyn Maloney and Alexandria Cortez-Ocasio.

It should unite us so that we are focused to saying no matter what you do, Mr. President--no matter what you do, Supreme Court, we are going to come together to make sure that justice and liberty continues in our land.

I have tremendous concerns because there is a rapid disappearance of MDIs, and that is a major concern of mine also.

If you don't want to call this socialism, I suppose you can call it something else, central planning, Marxism, neo-Marxism

Laws and public policy have consequences and you can see clear differences in the policy requirements to write a policy in Michigan versus to write a policy in Ohio.

It seems to me that, when it comes to counting Russia, it is difficult to prioritize where we should direct most of our efforts.

I come from public housing. My parents were poor, okay?

What I did hear is some say that we do have basically--they didn't use these words, but we have some who will con people; we have some who will just come and try to confuse people for their own benefit, for their own basis.

We have that lack of trust is what Ms. Maloney has said when you talked about overdraft checking.

I want to know exactly what is being done to accomplish your diversity goals?

The societal ills of foreclosure are tremendous.

People feel they are getting ripped off with overdraft checking.

We have to fix that trust.

I would like to get a detailed report on exactly what it is and how you market and who you are doing business with.

The societal ills of foreclosure are tremendous.

He has said several times, he said before he was elected President and after he was elected President, that he would release his tax returns, and then we hear from his Chief of Staff that he is never going to, under any circumstances. So…

Barack Obama did disclose his tax returns. In fact, every President of United States since Nixon opened their tax return.

And Chairman Meeks, let me thank you for holding this hearing and shining a light on predatory practices of redlining of mortgages and small business loans.

I believe this is the correct approach and regulators should continue their work to fix this outdated regulation.

And let me thank you for holding this hearing and shining a light on predatory practices of redlining of mortgages and small business loans.

The days are over when banks could get CRA credit for a church banquet and a banner on the wall.

We can't continue to kick it down the road, but I think that we should be able to get something done in this Congress.