Would you agree that while it has been an attempt to stimulate the economy, the more well off have benefited much better than those at the lower end of the spectrum?

I think one of the things that we discussed was my concern--and I think yours, too--that in many ways easy money is an elitist policy.

I realized that with, you know, no equity down, you can really make an infinite return on your investment.

The standards get so watered down that we end up creating a catastrophe.

So it seems to me that--I know there are some details that all of us need to work together to get to a good end, but it seems to me on the big ideas we are there.

I think our help to the opposition has been an embarrassment, and I find it appalling that you would sit here and act as if we are doing the things we said we would do 3 months ago, 6 months ago, 9 months ago.

I know that Russia is driving this now. I mean, what we have really done is turn the future of Syria over to Russia.

We commend the efforts of the Chairman and the Ranking Member on thoughtfully working to create a comprehensive framework for the future of housing finance.

Mr. Chairman, thank you, and thanks for having this series of hearings.

to have it only kick in when an entity that is guaranteed becomes insolvent means that the strength of these guarantees has to be really there

the humanitarian situation, as Ms. Lindborg has laid out, is worse than it was a few months ago.

Just unbelievable. So you delivered trucks, but does he have weaponry?