This hearing will come to order. Today we are joined by the leading voices within the administration on reforming and strengthening our Housing Finance system. The secretary of the treasury and secretary of housing and urban development, both of whom have submitted reform proposals to the president , as well as the director of the federal Housing Finance agency who serves as the regulator conservator of freddie mae and fanny fannie mae and freddie mac. It marks 11 years since the government bailed out and put those where they remain today. Prior to 2008 the Government Sponsored Enterprises held . 45 in capital for every 100 in capital for every 100 in mortgages guaranteed. Now they hold just . 19 after a 200 bailout from taxpayers. 11 years later these systemically Important Companies continue to be too big to fail and are more leverage than they were before the financial crisis. Taxpayers inevitably remain on the hook for the next market downturn. In march pres. Trump signed a memoran
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Debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking and minority member of the committee of Natural Resources or their respective designees. The gentleman from arkansas, mr. Westerman, and gentleman from colorado, mr. Neguse, will cole 30 minutes. The chair recognizes th gentleman from arkansas, mr. Westerman. Mr. Westerman i ask all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on h. R. 3397. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Westerman mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of representative curtis bill, h. R. 3397, the we were Economic Security today act, or west act of 2024. The west act withdraws the flawed illegal conservation and Landscape Health rule which was finalized earlier this month by the bureau of Land Management or the b. L. M. You may be asking, why is a rule focused on conservation and Landscape Health so bad . Well, it wouldnt be bad if thats what it was really focus
For instance. They might find it illuminating and realize that what they have been saying is factually false. Unfortunately, its a much more nefarious condition than ignorance that afflicts this administration on Climate Change. And it is a condition that cannot be cured with facts. This is about fossil fuel money. The malitty is what prevents the stark warnings in the Climate Science report from being a call to action in congress. Mr. President , at the cop23 gathering, we saw that the rest of the world is not turning a blind eye to Climate Change. The rest of the world is confronting it headon, along with Many American states, major american corporations, and virtually every major american university. Those are all very hopeful signs. And while our president and his administration have bound themselves to the fossil fuel polluters, the American People have not. Rhode islanders and americans everywhere care deeply about getting ahead of this problem, about achieving the goals of the u
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