MICHAEL GRIMM: “Access to credit, I think, is something that is a problem throughout the entire United States and throughout just about…”

It shouldn't be temporary. It should be permanent. It is a program that works; it works well.

I have said many, many times that if we don't get housing moving again, the overall economy is not going to get moving again.

Listen. When two sides dig in, the House and Senate dig in, that's the -- that's the time the president comes, has people over at the White House... But instead of sitting down and say, all right, let's have a conversation, what -- how can…

I am concerned that the President's proposed budget for 2013 could lead to massive increases in capital gains as much as--I think as much as triple, from 15 percent to almost 45 percent.