Al Green

I just hope that we in the future can be as fair to hardworking Americans, people who find themselves in need of some assistance, that we can be as fair to them as we will be to MetLife.

I thank God that there are Federal courts, and those Federal courts are going to hear the case, at least one in particular.

If you are a hardworking American and you have litigation, you will go to court, you will have to hire your lawyers, and you will have to defend.

I see a double standard because in 2001, when women brought a gender discrimination lawsuit against MetLife, it was not litigated in Congress; it was litigated in court.

I want to mention the Honorable Jim Clyburn, who has legislation that would target areas that have been left behind.

I concur with the Honorable Maxine Waters that a good transportation bill would help this whole country.

It does one little good to have a Ph.D. if you cannot acquire a j-o-b so that you can e-a-t.

Hurricane Katrina was my 'but for the grace of God go I.'

I see in this, the largest ever settlement in an auto loan discrimination case, an opportunity for us to send a message to others that if you discriminate, we are going to come after you.

I am proud to serve under the leadership of the Honorable Barack Obama.

I would like to submit without objection a statement from the Honorable Ranking Member of the Capital Markets Subcommittee, Carolyn Maloney.

I commend President Obama for his effort to correct these conflicts and to provide small businesses and people who are trying to retire an opportunity to avoid conflicts of interest that can be harmful.

I agree with those who contend that Dodd-Frank is an imperfect piece of legislation.

More people on this side of the aisle understand what you are going through.

What they have done is sinful, and what we are doing is sinful because we won't look into it and we have every excuse available to the human mind.

I am not going to let the banks continue to rip off minority people.

The Confederate flag divides us, this flag unites us. I love my country.

It is time to bring this to closure. We have had the opportunity to deal with this and we have turned a blind eye and a deaf ear.

You can run but you can't hide. You can duck but you are not going to dodge. I am going to call you out.

I challenge people on my side, too, if there is one over here. You set a hearing to deal with mortgage banking and the invidious discrimination therein.

I want my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to remember those words.

In every single case, minorities are being discriminated against.

This is really what it is all about, and I appreciate the way you have allowed me to have time.

The banks are ripping minority people off. It is time to look at what is happening in banks.

This is what being in Congress is all about.