Al Green

I don't think this committee is going to look into any aspect of invidious discrimination in mortgage banking.

I am a perpetual freedom fighter, I am an all-the-time freedom fighter.

We are painting a false Picasso, Mr. Chairman.

We have not had one hearing on serious, invidious discrimination in banks, in mortgage lending.

We have to be careful that we are not painting a fake Picasso.

Taking down a flag and trying to pass the buck on to somebody else is not going to end invidious discrimination.

We have the authority to do our job. Why would we point to someone else and say we are not doing our job because they are not doing theirs.

We need to bring down invidious discrimination, Mr. Chairman.

I fear that FBI Director James Comey was right when he proclaimed there are two kinds of big companies in the United States--those who have been hacked and those who don't know that they have been hacked.

There appears to be clear and convincing evidence that cyber attacks pose a clear and present danger not only to the United States' businesses but also to the U.S. Government itself.

I will not sit silently by while the tools that are needed to fight invidious discrimination and help those who are in desperate need of assistance are eliminated.

We need to vote and then let the votes fall wherever they may. And whether one side wins or loses, I promise you, I will respect the vote even when I differ with the results.

I respect the vote. When we cease to respect the vote--we are going to lose a lot of what we call respect for law and order in the country.

I respect the results even when I differ.

We in this country allow power to change hands from one President to another the passage of the keys to the nuclear arsenal, every 4 years because of a vote that we respect.

I love my country. I love what it stands for. I love the great and noble ideals expressed in the Gettysburg Address, 'Government of the people, by the people, for the people.'

Personally, I will vote to extend the Ex-Im Bank. It has done meaningful things.

I am calling on all of our leadership to allow the process to work, not just on the committee level.

I am still the same Al Green who arrived here in 2005.

I have found that acquiring these programs is much harder than eliminating them.

I think that they still have some meaningful rewards that we can reap from them.

I am very much concerned about people. This is my country. I love my country.

I think I am making history today. I have located myself in a bipartisan position.

The title of the hearing is, 'The Dodd-Frank Act and Regulatory Overreach,' which begs the question--because indicated in the title is the conclusion.

I think that we all understand that we don't want American companies to be at a disadvantage.