Gregory Meeks

I am a firm believer in multilateralism in a multilateral way and I think it is vitally important for the United States to do that.

The best thing we can do right now is to maintain our leading voice at the institution, the IMF, that is going to be at the heart of the assistance effort.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We have an obligation, I do believe, when we see people dying in the streets simply because they want to express themselves.

Everyone should have the right to try to make sure that they, too, have a voice.

I come here deeply concerned about what is taking place in Venezuela.

I also think of my good friend who is looking down from heaven, Donald Payne, who had worked so hard and so tremendously for a long period of time on working on Africa.

I want to thank Ranking Member Engel who has consistently and constantly been working very hard to work in a bipartisan manner.

Karen Bass, who in her vision, says that we are going to work and she was going to work just as hard as Donald did.

I want to make sure that the products are safe. I want to make sure, because there is a statement that it is extremely expensive to be poor.

I think our State is number three--we are keeping you busy--in complaints, especially in regards to mortgage complaints.

I think it is important because some--we have lost, I believe, more jobs because of technological advances than we have because of trade.

Since 1993, New York exports of merchandise to NAFTA countries have grown by 123 percent.

NAFTA did not turn out to be the great job killer that opponents expected nor did it do as much as some of the enthusiasts expected.

President Clinton was courageous in championing what he knew would be a difficult but important trade deal for America.

I think that we do more or we're more successful when we do certain things in a multilateral way as opposed to a bilateral way.

We've got to get it done. It is significant. Not just for us and the United States--it's significant for the region.

The Volcker Rule will finally settle a long-known problem in our banking system.

As we sit here today to discuss an important milestone in our efforts to reform our banking institutions and financial system...

We know from January 2007 to December 2011, 4 million American households lost their homes through completed foreclosures.

I personally have no doubt that there are impacts, significant impacts on prospective home buyers.

I certainly agree with you that today we hold a very important hearing, given that the QM rules were finally--became effective last Friday.

For CBC members, the power is seniority.

The Dodd-Frank Act, in my estimation, is a remarkable comprehensive and complex bill that was clearly needed to adjust the excesses of our financial markets.

There is no doubt in my mind that our community and financial institutions need regulatory relief.