Gregory Meeks

Indeed, community financial institutions are crucial to our Nation's economy, and they are the primary source of credit for millions of Americans in underserved and rural areas, and for many local businesses.

I would like to voice my support for all the initiatives on today's markup but I would like to thank, in particular, Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel for working with me on House Resolution 402.

40 percent of all first-time home buyers, 50 percent of all African-American and Latino home buyers.

We forget sometimes that it wasn't this Administration, it was the prior Administration that drove us into the worst recession since the Great Depression.

If anything, FHA should be given praise and a thank you. Because this market, this housing market, but for FHA, would have really destroyed this country.

Ever since legislation was enacted in 1872 to protect consumers from frauds involving the U.S. mail, the Congress, and the Executive Branch have been increasingly aware of the responsibility to make certain that our Nation's economy fairly…

But clearly, then, their expectations of what they are asking for, the aspirations of their people is not out--they are not asking for mansions.

Now, and just--that was--the other questions I had was the infrastructure itself, because when I hear that there was a question from the government in regards to indoor plumbing as opposed to outdoor plumbing, it just seems to me all of…

You know, many Americans were born at night, but they weren't born last night. You can't fool them. There is an old saying: You can run, but you can't hide. We're here for one reason. The members of the majority party don't like the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for conducting the hearing. And thank you, Mr. Cordray, for your leadership at the CFPB.

I don't see or hear, unless there is another setting that I need to be in, where the world is stepping up and agreeing to act with us militarily.

I believe that the use of chemical weapons by the Assad region is indeed a flagrant violation of international norms against the use of such weapons.

I have huge concerns; that if there is a violation, we should act, especially militarily, in a multilateral way.

First let me state that I agree with the President's decision to come to Congress for the authorization for the use of U.S. military force to address the use of chemical weapons by Syrian forces.

This bill authorizes educational and cultural exchange programs, which do an excellent job of promoting U.S. interests abroad.

Just about anywhere globally that people aspire to democratic governance, NED is there to provide technical assistance and support.

We know all too well these days that our Nation's diplomats are as much in harm's way as many of our military personnel.

This bill provides critical support for U.S. diplomatic efforts around the world and critical programs that ensure our Nation remains strong internationally.

I want to voice my support for H.R. 2848, Department of State and Embassy Security Authorization Act.

There is no doubt that there are nefarious elements in the region that need to be countered.

This has resulted, by the way, in a 10-percent population increase for Jordan. This is seriously straining Jordan.

You are really setting an example.

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Res. 222 offered by the Honorable Gregory W. Meeks, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York.

I want to thank you for your hard work on this.

One of the objectives of the Dodd-Frank Act was to address our financial services' exposure to systemic risk arising from complex, interconnected, qualified financial contracts which represent a significant activity of too-big-to-fail…