Rubén Hinojosa: “But I say eliminate the middlemen and that goes--and I will be very blunt--eliminate the state government because we did…”

It is absolutely essential to have a bird's-eye view of our financial system, in order to identify and prevent systemic risks from destabilizing our entire economy.

But it was interesting to me that the same arguments that I hear my friends on the other side of the aisle that businesses will close and things will go to hell just didn't pan out.

I thank the gentleman. I gladly accept his offer, and I look forward to working together to promote financial literacy, especially with respect to auto financing. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1737.

You made the statement that the HBCUs are a very important component of higher education, and I have been one of the strongest supporters of HBCUs.