Gregory Meeks

You are going to make sure that there is a downpayment, that there is a reasonable downpayment, 10 percent.

So you are going to make sure then--you are not going to do what some others did--that the people that you are loaning money to have the ability to pay it back.

In fact, I think on a bipartisan basis, we have all been talking about the one area of individuals who have been left out of the recovery.

I wholeheartedly agree with the President's change in direction. I think that it is clear that over 50 years, nothing has changed with the policy that we had.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. When I think of Governor Mario Cuomo, many talk about his great oratory, many talk about some of the fantastic speeches that he made, but when I think about Mario Cuomo, he didn't just talk the talk; he…

I was with Mr. Crowley attending the funeral on Monday of former Governor Mario Cuomo, and therefore I was not able to be here. Had I been here, I would have cast my vote for Speaker for the Honorable Nancy Pelosi from California, and I…

I want to thank Barbara Lee for her steadfastness, for her tenacity, for her consistency in trying to bring a change in a policy that has been faulty, for it has been the policy that we have been doing over and over and over again, we have…

I would like to thank the ranking member for her hard work and focus and dedication for getting this done. I know that any time you have things added to a bill so it is not a clean bill, it makes it difficult. But I thank her and the…

It is complicated. It is going to take some time.

This is a complicated situation. It has been since we have been here. It is not easy.

I am glad we are not being that simplistic about this.

Because the concern here is, from what I also understand, utilizing the hawala system and others, that is the mechanism that ISIL has used, also, to send payments to its fighters and workers and regional leaders and that is what is…

This cannot be seen as the United States against Sunni Muslims.

I believe that we can't ignore the threat from ISIL and because, I believe, that the strategy that the President has proposed is probably the best option that is available to us at this time.

I would like to thank our witnesses today, as their testimonies will allow us to determine the needs of Holocaust survivors.

I therefore applaud Ranking Member Waters for her leadership on this issue and for coming forward with proposals to address these many shortcomings.

There is no question that our credit reporting system needs to be reformed.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for conducting this important hearing on credit reporting.

I couldn't disagree with you more in reference to your opening statement.

It would be more risky for us if we did not negotiate.

It is only going to happen if we do it collectively.

I consider the framework where we are--I consider it a success--a multilateral success achieved in close collaboration with our allies.

I supported the interim agreement that allowed the Joint Plan of Action to move forward, but I also support the extension that would allow the negotiations to continue.

Let me go back. So then, now, from what I am hearing, and I have heard from a lot of my colleagues especially on the other side of the aisle, is basically what they want to do is get rid of Dodd-Frank.

So somebody did something wrong. On their own, we didn't have anything covering it, but somebody did something wrong.