Jeb Hensarling: “Whenever we can, we follow the law.”

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Paulsen). The gentleman from Texas has 4 minutes remaining.

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 certainly thank the gentleman for his comments tonight. I hope that there are a fair amount of Americans who are watching this this evening, because they need to know that they owe this gentleman, Mr. Pittenger of North Carolina, a great…

As we saw in the last crisis, it is the average hardworking Americans that will suffer the consequences if Washington deregulates Wall Street mega banks again.