Al Green

I do believe that, Mr. Chairman--I agree with you that there are technical corrections that can be made to Dodd-Frank.

This committee will work, my belief is, in a bipartisan fashion.

This is the kind of program, it seems to me, that would receive some sort of bipartisan support.

I want to make sure taxpayers get their money's worth for whatever we do.

Does it appear to you that this will help people who are in public housing?

We need to work together to address the issues of carbon emissions, and that doesn't mean eliminating certain fuels.

If we want to help you and the $60 million banks and the billion-dollar banks and the banks under $10 billion and we legislate such that we cover $50 billion banks, why don't we just repeal Dodd-Frank?

It appears to me that FHA is on its way back. And I am proud to be associated with FHA. I believe in FHA.

I have never been shy about my support for homeownership, having some difficulty as a boy growing up in terms of our homeownership and having lived in public housing.

I believe that HUD is going to move in the right direction.

I am especially pleased to hear you say that you would give the new Secretary, Secretary Castro, a 10.

My feelings are ambivalent on this topic of kidnapping for ransom.

Thank God we have an FSOC that can look across the entire spectrum and spot the AIGs of the world before they become a systemic risk.

It is indeed imperative that we look at this situation with student loans.

Overall, the insurance rate in our district has fallen by 8 percent.

The Affordable Care Act's enabled almost 20,000 people previously uninsured to get quality, affordable coverage.

Fifty-two thousand people in the district would have had access to coverage if Texas had expanded Medicaid.

For decades, the United States has had the highest rate of uninsured in the industrialized world.

We have jurisdiction over Goldman Sachs. We don't have jurisdiction--this committee has jurisdiction over all of the financial entities that are regulated.

I will be more than honored to address issues related to the Presidency, but our committee doesn't have jurisdiction over the President. We have jurisdiction over Goldman Sachs, however.

I think that Congress should be fair to regulators and the regulated alike.

While Mr. Cordray has not been a perfect public servant, he has been a good public servant.

This is a time of challenge and controversy. We are investigating allegations of discrimination.

My belief is that people of goodwill who have decided that this is a course that we should embark upon will not cease and desist with the regulator.

I do believe that is what good for the regulator is good for the regulated.