Jeb Hensarling: “I am not convinced that somebody using their own money would have made this same deal as opposed to using the taxpayer…”

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.

But it is this Committee's responsibility to conduct oversight over FHFA and that includes your conduct as well.

Tonight it is a privilege that I have to yield to somebody who has become a good friend and an excellent colleague, who has served with me, at my side, at the House Financial Services Committee, who will be leaving us at the end of this…

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