and now that congresswoman who you just heard there is calling for his resignation. that s not all. there were these gaffes that got a lot of attention this week. watch. i d also like you to get back to me, if you don t mind, to explain the disparity in reo rates. do you know what an reo is? an oreo? r no, not an oreo. an reo. reo. real estate what s the o stand for? organization. owned. real estate owned. are you familiar with omwi and what it is? with who? amway? omwi. come on, mr. secretary. i asked you this when you were here last year. and you asked me to be nice to you. office of minority women and inclusi inclusion. do you have an omwi director? do you work with the omwi director? i cannot give you the name. michael, secretary carson s
minority defending president clinton during impeachment. great to have you both here. john, you are a regular so you can kick us off. who needs to fall back. i won t be doing any singing. i am concerned about the hud secretary that lets him know what the primary projects are. that got awkward quickly. let s take a look. do you know what an reo is? oreo? not an oreo. reo. real estate? what s the o stand for? organization? owned. real estate owned. that s what happens when a property goes to foreclosure. maybe we should have foreclosed on him earlier and never given him a chance to be on the property. after two years, he might pick up a couple of things on one of the principal programs. for might sound like a gotcha
will i ing. these wins in court help, i think, help us get back on our feet doing the oversight work that we need to do, but the fact that we re having to litigate about all of this is a total loss to the american people, a waste of taxpayer dollars and it s flat out wrong. you ve made congressional hearings on c-span must see tv by asking actual questions about legislation and regulation. the latest moment happened with hud secretary ben carson. let me replay part of that so our audience in case they missed it can see it. watch this. i d also like you to get back to me, if you don t mind, to explain the disparity in reo rates. do you know what an reo is. an oreo. no not an oreo. an reo. reo. real estate what s the o stand for? the organization. owned. real estate owned, that s what happens when a property goes to foreclosure, we call it an reo.
little confidence in that. that s the unfortunate circumstances we find ourselves in today. let s turn to another moment in your committee, in front of your committee. during an exchange with the housing and urban development secretary ben carson, he was talking to you, he appeared not to understand a basic housing term called real estate owned, which unfortunately is going to be all too familiar to a number of americans who lost their house in foreclosure. let s listen to the exchange. i d also like you to get back to me if you don t mind to explain the disparity in reo rates. do you know what an reo is? oreo? no, not an oreo. reo. real estate? what s the o stand for? the organization. owned, real estate owned. somebody owned somebody there. what do you make of that? carson said he was having trouble hearing you. what s your take away after having had that exchange yesterday? i m sorry, but respectfully
omwe. you have an omwe director. we wrote you a letter about it. remember? we pinned a note to your suit about omwe. the note also said, hello, my name is ben and i m lost. do you know what an reo is? an oreo? not an oreo. an reo. reo. real estate what s the o stand for? the organization. owned. real estate owned. that s what happens when a property goes to foreclosure. we call it an reo. i like how he wasn t confident as well. he reminded me of all of us in school. what is the o ? is it a mint milano? is it a doe-si-doe, a pecan sandy, a snickerdoodle. help me out, i m not a rocket scientist. i m only a brain surgeon. most of that not the