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U.S. House Committee with oversight of the financial services industry. Top priorities: a stronger economy, more jobs & no more bailouts.

Washington, D.C. · http://financialservices.house.gov/

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  1. Galante says w/o housing market would have fallen further. Reality is govt should not - and cannot - “correct” law of supply & demand.

  2. If is to be a counter-cyclical tool in times of crisis, they must have a plan for how to scale back operations as markets stabilize.

  3. Galante says has bolstered MMIF. Really? MMIF has gone from $4.66B in '10 to $2.55B in '11 to negative $16.28B in '12

  4. We cannot achieve a sustainable mortgage finance system until we can attract the private sector back to the mortgage insurance market.

  5. uses its govt backing to maintain & expand its footprint. That drives out private competitors & leaves lenders with fewer alternatives.

  6. The housing crisis that caused to dramatically expand its market share has abated, so too should the FHA’s footprint. RT if you agree.

  7. says they deal with "lower wealth borrowers"...I didn't realize "lower wealth borrowers" could afford the $720K home loan they provide.

  8. was created to complement mortgage insurance market. Now FHA controls 56.4% of the market, dwarfing the 19.7% held by private insurers.

  9. The Obama Admin's FY13 budget estimates would need a $688 million taxpayer bailout to shore up its single-family insurance fund.

  10. We're running the during today's hearing. When the gavel dropped, your federal govt's debt stood at $16,519,746,000,000.

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