you will presumably, if democrats were to take the house, you would be the chair, i believe, unless something radical changes, of the finance committee. it s a very powerful position. what do you view as your agenda, should you ascend to that role? well, it is a financial services committee. it s a very important committee. and we have oversight responsibility for all of the financial institutions in this country. the banks, the big banks, the small banks, we have the insurance companies, we have all of hud, we have the international monetary fund. we have to deal with some issues that have not been dealt with properly for a long time. we have to deal with the national flood insurance program, we have to deal with the xm bank. it is an important committee. at the top of my agenda is dealing with the reform of fannie and freddie, and trying to make sure that we do something about the housing crisis. but, of course, i have to make sure that we never again, to the
we have to deal with the national flood insurance program, we have to deal with the xm bank. it is an important committee. at the top of my agenda is dealing with the reform of fannie and freddie, and trying to make sure that we do something about the housing crisis. but, of course, i have to make sure that we never again, to the best of my ability, fall into what happened to us in 2008 when we had the exotic loans that were, you know, given to people in this country, many people lost their homes. but, of course, many of the people who lost their homes were in communities that were target by some of the biggest banks in america. so, we have all of those financial services issues and there is a lot of work to do. and i m hopeful that certainly we will take back the house and that my colleagues will see fit to support me to chair that committee. i have the seniority, i have the relationships, i ve spent a lot
have the free health care and have the free college education. remember the 2008 meltdown that we saw happen? you trace that back 30 years prior to 1978 with jimmy carter and community reinvestment act. when he had this misconceived notion of benevolence that everyone has a right to own a home. how did that work out? and you look at the 30 years all the different things that happened along the way, the mortgage-backed securities how they were sold around. the rise of fannie and freddie. mark: crashed the banks. crashed the banks. that s what happens when you have the idiots, i have to be honest, they are idiots, history shows it never works. they say the incredible four-letter word, free. that s why it s so important that we get into our system of education and restore it to be a system of education and not a system of indoctrination. that s where the left is churning out the next
have the free health care and have the free college education. remember the 2008 meltdown that we saw happen? you trace that back 30 years prior to 1978 with jimmy carter and community reinvestment act. when he had this misconceived notion of benevolence that everyone has a right to own a home. how did that work out? and you look at the 30 years all the different things that happened along the way, the mortgage-backed securities how they were sold around. the rise of fannie and freddie. mark: crashed the banks. crashed the banks. that s what happens when you have the idiots, i have to be honest, they are idiots, history shows it never works. they say the incredible four-letter word, free. that s why it s so important that we get into our system of education and restore it to be a system of education and not a system of indoctrination. that s where the left is churning out the next
now they ve been wrong, but you re almost certain to be right that it s going to be stronger than researcher in quarters we ve seen and i m wondering how republicans handle that, already nancy pelosi is kind of poo pooed this latest number, the new york times in a headline couldn t find words enough to praise it but it s doing too little with the families hit with soaring new costs under the republicans new watch. what do you think of that? i think it s absurd the democrats, nancy is reaching there. i just had an event on family breakdown opioids, human traffic king et cetera. all of that is linked to the lack of success and lack of jobs , right? so if we put people back into the labor force, the democrats ruin the economy back in the housing crisis right? fannie and freddie is responsible for the collapse back in 07. we re finally coming out of that and now you ve got a tax cut and real dramatic growth is coming up. everybody knows what s going on. i fully anticipate african