Mark Warner

This is not free money. It's got to get paid for.

I wish there might have been another way for me to get this position.

Smaller states are at an even bigger disadvantage.

This is the first time I'll be chairing, because of the passing of our friend and colleague Senator Lautenberg.

We're going to get at least a brief respite from the otherwise dysfunction that seems to be floating in the ether around Capitol Hill.

Any such entity or authority that I'd want to see us look at or examine would have to be independent.

The notion that the greatest Nation in the world with the dislocation in Europe, with China slowing down, with India's economy almost grinding to about 4 percent growth, with countries like Turkey and Brazil that we saw as growing, with…

We, candidly, ought to all get fired if we don't raise this debt limit.

It is stunning to me that anybody that would claim economic expertise would say that messing with the full faith and credit of the United States of America is a responsible action.

Clearly we needed to bring down the deficits. We needed to get the deficits down at least to stabilize the debt-to-GDP ratio.

The idea that you would be this far into your term and not having your whole legislative team filled out, or your management team, is something that needs to be addressed

I come here unreservedly endorsing Suzanne Spaulding to this Committee for her, I think, very appropriate nomination

There are way too many positions unfilled at this point

Our prayers are with the victims and their families and all the first responders at the scene.

We, in effect, have while potentially artificially low mortgage rates at this point, we clearly have all taxpayer exposure.

I actually think there is a lot more transparency and a lot better ability to audit than we had in the past.

I would argue that the way S. 1217 has tried to separate out those goals... actually make sense.

Right now it is 100 percent on the taxpayers, no private capital at risk.

The perfect could be the enemy of the good.

I think there will be mistakes made.

I think there is enormous, enormous opportunity to use this new tool for equity crowdfunding that can really marry together in a remarkable way.

It is very important that we get this bank moving, we get it funded with just a little bit of funding to catalyze the efforts of the infrastructure bank.

I would simply say that one of the things a number of us, and I really appreciate the Chair holding this hearing, is not only how we find that permanent source of funding, but how we also use tools--and this is something Governor Rendell…

This bipartisan legislation is a first positive step in what is certain to be a long, long process in creating a sustainable, rational, and limited role for the Federal Government in supporting and regulating a healthy mortgage market.

Five years is a really long time for a conservatorship, and longer than that is quite unimaginable.