Jeb Hensarling: “How much time do I have remaining, Mr. Speaker? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 25 minutes…”

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were more than mere bystanders in the 2008 financial crisis. They were in fact at the epicenter of that crisis.

I continue to encourage you, Mr. Secretary, we need to have metrics of progress.

I believe when that inquiry is finished, it will result in the same written report that we have issued 103 times, previously.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Pittenger), the vice chairman of the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee and the author of the FIRRMA bill before us.