Next the director of the federal Housing Finance agency testifying on housing and mortgages during the coronavirus pandemic. House Financial Services Committee Members asked him how his agency is handling the rice in foreclosures and forbearances as well as the operations of fannie mae and freddie mac. The hearing runs over three hours. The committee will come to order. Before we begin, i want to remind members of a few matters including some required by the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, which established a framework for Remote Committee proceedings. First, i would ask all members to keep themselves muted when theyre not being recognized. It will minimize disturbances while members are asking questions of our witnesses. Members are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. The staff have been instructed not to mute members except when theyre not being recognized and theres background noise. Members are reminded that they may only attend one remote hearing at a ti
Certain. Were winning the battles and support of young people and working people throughout the country. I have concluded this battle for the democratic nomination will not be successful. So today, i am announcing the suspension of my campaign. Please know i do not make this decision lightly. In fact there has been a difficult and painful decision over the past few weeks. Jane and i in consultation with top staff and our supporters have made an honest assessment of prospects to victory. If i believed we had a path to nomination i would continue the campaign. But its just not there. I know there may be some in the movement who disagree with the this situation. Who would like to fight on through the Democratic Convention. I understand that position. As i see the crisis in the nation exasperate by the president unable to provide leadership in the work that needs to be done to protect people in this desperate hour, i cannot in good conscience continue the campaign that cannot win. And whic
Archives the focus on the 2008 economic recession, trade and finance. All of the programs that youre about to see can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website, booktv. Org and you can do for the search function at the top of the page. First and february of 2015, the American Enterprise Institute Peter wallace and appears on our Author Interview program afterwards. He argued that government policy caused the 2008 financial crisis. Hidden in plain sight pretty literally caused the world financial crisis and why it could happen again printed you remember the financial crisis. It was investigating the causes and oh seven and oh eight pretty and you said that not only in the democrats on the committee but also from the republicans appointees, what did you see that they did not. Ive been looking at the housing system in the United States printed donna frank ansari, fannie mae and freddie mac. For quite a while before i got in the commission. So i had a lot of background of what is
Compelling discussion coming up on what is in a way the Fourth Branch of government, the Administrative State, that has an impact on our lives and businesses. The rise of the Administrative State, will the usb a democracy in the future, or a nation ruled by the Administrative State . Up in al is coming minute. You will get a preview of tonights tony likely Fellowship Award presentation, because the moderator of the panel is one of our new recipients of the blankley fellowship. Njeti is the chief washington correspondent for ll and is a fellow and hosts the realignment podcast. He previously served as a correspondent for the daily caller and the d. C. News foundation and received his masters degree in u. S. National Security Policy from georgetown university, and his bachelors in economics from the George Washington university. Has studied extensively across the globe, spanning three continents, visiting over 40 countries. Im proud to introduce one of our new Tony Blankley fellows, and
Washington correspondent for ll and is a fellow and hosts the realignment podcast. He previously served as a correspondent for the daily caller and the d. C. News foundation and received his masters degree in u. S. National Security Policy from georgetown university, and his bachelors in economics from the George Washington university. Has studied extensively across the globe, spanning three continents, visiting over 40 countries. Im proud to introduce one of our new Tony Blankley fellows, and the panel. Njeti will introduce our panel. Gentlemen, please come up. Thank you, we are going to take a moment while one of our panelists gets mike stop. Up. Et mikeed we are have ending important discussion today about the Administrative State, something conservativeism has been conservatives have been concerned about for quite some time, people making decisions about our daily lives. He goes back to the 1880s. One of the first regulatory agencies created was the interstate commerce commission,