Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 11, 2011
We heard throughout the debate there needs to be a consistency, a consistency of debate. So let me get this right. A payday lender is guilty of predatory lending if they loan money to somebody who is underwater, to somebody who may be struggling, but if the Federal Government does it, it's something else. It's noble. I don't see the consistency in the debate there, Madam Chair. But again, most importantly, when does the day arrive that we quit spending money we do not have? I say today is that day.
Said by
Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

Share & report

More from Jeb Hensarling

Jul 24, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman from New Jersey an additional 30 seconds. Mr. MacARTHUR. Mr. Speaker, we cannot pull the rug out from underneath the people depending on this program. I will continue to work with the committee, with our…

Congressional Record · 2018-07-24
Sep 26, 2018

Thank you, Ms. Grimes, for your testimony. We know it is not always easy to be in this chair and discuss these types of charges.

congress.gov
Sep 5, 2018

Putting layers of diversified private capital in a first loss position will help ensure more accurate pricing of risk.

congress.gov
Sep 5, 2018

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.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation