Al Green

I think there is a reality that we sometimes don't see with reference to the linguistic challenges that we have in our country.

Ultimately, what we have to decide is, what will the role of the Federal Government be?

I want to stand up for homeownership.

I believe that border security transcends politics, and we should do what we can to work together to make sure that we secure all of our borders.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. I gratefully accept your comments.

Let us not only let things be right, let us make them look right, and let us broaden this and not single out the American Muslim.

It may be right, but it doesn't look right when we take on Islam and allow this to take place, and we don't tell the truth about the abuses associated with the KKK and Christianity.

I have no problem with discussing terrorist organizations that are rooted in religion, which is why I want to discuss the KKK.

I love America. I love what America stands for. I love the Pledge of Allegiance. It means something to me, liberty and justice for all.

I know why my opinion exists, because I saw the devastation.

I do not believe any other persons who are antithetical to the position that I approach, I don't believe that any of them occupy their positions with malice aforethought.

Was the CRA the major cause of the crisis?

I think we ought to proceed with a great degree of caution when we say things like, we can live without the Fed, without the FDIC.

I would close by reminding us that we have seen, I am sure many of you, the movie, 'Back to the Future.'

I don't think consumers ought to be in a position such that, because they have problems in one place, credit card companies can simply decide, we are going to declare you in default with us because you had a problem someplace else.

Dodd-Frank deals with that. If you don't like Dodd-Frank, then you don't like a means by which we deal with 'too-big-to-fail' institutions.

We are going to have fewer construction jobs when we eventually get out of this.

Jobs will be among the last things that will return, especially when you have a sharp downturn in the economy.

Smart money creates jobs when there is a demand to be met.

I concur with you 1,000 percent; we do have to ascertain what the cause was if we are to truly find a conclusion as to how to resolve the problem.

We also would like to call to your attention that we have passed legislation called the Home for Heroes...

Mr. Chairman, my intelligence indicates to me that more than 900,000 Section 8 units will expire over the next 5 years.

Chairwoman Waters and Chairman Frank have really been a great benefit on these two pieces of legislation.

I would like to, if I may, pass on the actual bill to you.

We have passed legislation called the Home for Heroes from this committee; we are honored to have the Housing Subcommittee Chair be of great assistance with this piece of legislation.