Jeb Hensarling: “As we saw in the last crisis, it is the average hardworking Americans that will suffer the consequences if Washington…”

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…

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.

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

I would just point out again, all this bill does is extend for 6 months the current policies of the NFIP. Not one single policy of the NFIP is changed in this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from…