Jeb Hensarling: “I believe I have the right to close. I have no further speakers, so I reserve the balance of my time.”

I think when decisions like this are made they probably should be made with the Legislative Branch of the Government because the issues are too significant for one human being on the planet.

I thank the gentlewoman for her very, very kind words. And, again, she will be very much missed from this institution, but I will treasure our service together. I will treasure our friendship forever as well, and I thank her for coming to…

reduce taxpayers' risk, codify into law an explicit government guarantee, and increase market competition.

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…