"I feel this is a really critical area, both because of the pandemic and longer-term."
"We really need to devise effective ways to work on this and support affordable housing."
"Unfortunately, I fear we have some very difficult months ahead before the vaccine has been widely enough disseminated."
"We need to avoid that, for sure."
"President-elect Biden has proposed increasing the corporate tax and making American companies that offshore jobs, reducing those incentives."
"the focus now is not on tax increases. It is on programs to help us through the pandemic."
"I think Treasury, along with the rest of the administration, needs to stay laser-focused on that."
"We need to aggressively counter unfair practices that China uses."
"I think it is guilty of horrendous human rights abuses, yes."
"I think we face a significant competition with China."
"We will certainly give priority to studying this issue and coming up with ideas about what should be done."
"Nothing is more important to the future of housing in the United States than what we do with Fannie and Freddie."