House will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. July 14, 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable Carlos Curbelo to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Roskam for five minutes. Mr. Roskam 00 thank you mr. Roskam thank you, mr. Speaker. Ladies and gentlemen of the house, we ought not bet against ukraine and we ought not bet against georgi
And freddie mac is in the conservatorship of veneers september 2008 and paulson describe the conservatorship as a timeout. Today fannie and freddie continued to dominate the market approximately 70 percent of the mortgages are back for the federal government while fannie and freddie with the Housing Market experiences a downturn the status quo is not a viable option. The Housing Finance system with two Government Enterprises in conservatorship as not a sustainable solution. Taxpayers today have to much risk with to a bigger role in the Mortgage Market. Those that have released proposals including the i see the day in several coauthors and many others. About what the future system should look like. In the meantime continuing to serve as a conspirator in regulator and as the Federal Home Loan Bank fhfa has undertaken a number of initiatives including those that began prior to the directors 10 year. One significant undertaking is the securitization platform that was originally intended to
Months. Including the iba, mill ken institute, several coauthors writing jointly for the urban institute, and many others. The committee is considering all of these proposals as well as other ideas about what the future system should look like. In the meantime, f hrks a serve as regulator of the enterprises and as regulator of the federal home loan banks. As conservator of the gse easy, theyre obligated to preserve and conserve the as 70s franny and freddie mac. They have undertaken a number of initiatives in recent years including some that began prior to director watts tenure. The platform was originally intipped to function like a market utility, independent from the enterprises. That would be used to issue both Agency Securities and private label securities. The platform has instead been developed specifically for securities issued by fanny mae and fredty mack. One important question as we embark on this is whether we should utilize the csp or consider other alternatives such as ex
Months. Including the iba, mill ken institute, several coauthors writing jointly for the urban institute, and many others. The committee is considering all of these proposals as well as other ideas about what the future system should look like. In the meantime, f hrks a serve as regulator of the enterprises and as regulator of the federal home loan banks. As conservator of the gse easy, theyre obligated to preserve and conserve the as 70s franny and freddie mac. They have undertaken a number of initiatives in recent years including some that began prior to director watts tenure. The platform was originally intipped to function like a market utility, independent from the enterprises. That would be used to issue both Agency Securities and private label securities. The platform has instead been developed specifically for securities issued by fanny mae and fredty mack. One important question as we embark on this is whether we should utilize the csp or consider other alternatives such as ex
And the finance Agency Director mel watt. On the status of the Housing Finance system, fannie mae and freddie mac have been in conservatorship for close to 9 years. In september of 2008, hank paulson famously described the conservatorships as a timeout. Fannie and freddie along with fha continue to dominate the Mortgage Market. 70 of the mortgages are backed by the federal government. Fannie and freddie currently earning profits at the Housing Market experiences a downturn, taxpayers could be on the hook for billions of dollars. The status quo is not a viable option. The Housing Finance system dependent on two governmentsponsored enterprises and perpetual conservatorship is not a sustainable solution. Taxpayers today bear too much risk and the government plays too bigger role in the Mortgage Market. A number of groups release proposals for reform in recent months including the mba, i cba, milliken institute, several coauthors writing jointly for the urban institute and many others. The