Jeb Hensarling: “It is essential to restoring market discipline and achieving financial stability to shrink this Federal safety net.”

If we ignore that basic fact, we are willfully disregarding history, and we are bound to repeat history.

May I ask how much time I have left? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bacon). The gentleman from Texas has 7 minutes remaining.

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

How are we that much better off? And if we could put up a slide, you are asking community banks to make a forecast.