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 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.

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.

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

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.'

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.