Bob Goodlatte actually said...

"But let me also suggest to you that if had not been for Federal meddling and for Federal policy related to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, there wouldn't have been a real estate bubble in Arizona."

"I believe he is correct. That is why we are here today because the Congress has ignored every other mechanism, and the most powerful mechanism we have is a constitutional amendment."

"The challenge here that we are trying to deal with is: are we as a country going to balance our budget by wise policy or are we going to allow cataclysmic financial failure to balance it for us, and t..."

"I am always reminded, Mr. Chairman, that every budget, whether it be a person's budget or a business budget or a State budget or a Federal budget, every budget eventually balances."