We don’t care what the cost-benefit is. We’re going to build it somehow because Congress says it’s going to be built.
We've very steadily and single-mindedly been building the bureau so that we can do the work that, quote, Congress required us to do and that the American people have every reason to expect, and deserve, that we will do.
Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision.
We're charged by Congress with regulating financial institutions. We take that mission seriously. We are tough supervisors and regulators.
I've always said that anytime Congress can provide us direction and answer the question of how they would like the commission to implement something, then I am totally supportive.
Congress requires states to draw single-member districts.
I think we need to get the measurements that Congress has mandated from the White House on how we're going to determine progress in Afghanistan.
Complying with requests from Congress is not optional. It is mandatory.
