Jeb Hensarling: “The American people want to know, did this Administration pay ransom?”

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 needs to do its job. You need to write legislation with more specificity.

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.

So if that is permitted right now then I am going to raise my hand at the board meeting when the senior vice president for credit administration comes in with this big gobbledygook proposal and says, 'Hey, I like it. That is fascinating…