I can assure you that they are not being packaged and sold like--that is silliness. Okay? This is a serious proceeding.

The subprime loans were sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, sold to the government, which put taxpayers at massive risk.

What makes us the United States and makes us great and gives us an innate advantage over most countries in the world is that rule of law.

I don't think that is a diplomatic thing to do. I think that Argentina has been emboldened by this amicus brief.

I think that there is a lot of commonality on both sides where we can come together to find common ground.

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.

It is something that we should be focusing on together, not using it as a political wedge, but rather as a common ground to bring the parties together.

I would also like to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, Carolyn Maloney, the gentlelady from New York, as well as the ranking member, Barney Frank, for helping organize and really working together in a bipartisan manner on…

The amount of uncertainty has risen to an all-time high, and it is getting worse.

Smaller banks can't compete--they can't keep up with the administrative costs of all of the rules and regulations.

I just hope that the FSOC is looking at that and that there certainly would be adverse effects, and I wish they would certainly consider that.