Political Quotes

“I rise this afternoon to speak about the nomination of Steve Mnuchin to be Secretary of the Treasury and the concerns I have about his nomination. I want to start with a Pennsylvania story. It is a story we wish we didn't have to highlight, but it is relevant to the discussion and debate on this nomination. I am looking at a document that is a written summary of a television investigative news report from January of this year. It is from the Pittsburgh television station WTAE, and it is dated January 16, 2017. The headline on the document is ``Trump Pick for Treasury Secretary Foreclosed on Hundreds of Homeowners in Western Pennsylvania.'' The article says in pertinent part about this one Pennsylvanian: Nellie Mlinek lost her husband to cancer. She lost her son to an overdose. And then she lost her home to OneWest Bank. It goes on to describe the interaction between this individual and the bank, and of course this is the bank of which Steve Mnuchin was a part owner. I also want to read what she said about the circumstance she was in. She was hoping that because of the circumstances with regard to her home, that she would be able to work with the bank instead of having foreclosure. That was not to be. The article goes on to talk about others in the region who had foreclosures as well. A house in White Oak, PA, was foreclosed in 2014; a house in North Versailles was foreclosed in 2013; a house in Penn Hills in 2012; a Pittsburgh house was foreclosed in 2011.…”