brown: i rise in opposition to the nomination of calabria calabria -- mark calabria. he's the wrong man for this job. you know, sometimes i kind of can't believe this place. i see these people, i see the president of the united states really never experienced any of these challenges that homeowners in cleveland, ohio, or in muncie, indiana, face. i mean he can't even get a loan from a local bank. he's got to go to germany to the deutsche bank. that's really beside the point. but i just don't understand, when we have these academicians or these people, they work in government for awhile and they go out and do these writings, and over time i look at someone like mark calabria, he seems like a genuinely nice fellow and honorable guy. but some of the things he said and wrote in his career, we start with this, he questions the need for the 30-year mortgage. a lot of members of congress, a lot of people voting on this nomination, a lot of people in the white house, the white house that looks like a retreat for wall street executives, the majority leader's office down the ha

profile target of mafia death threats giuseppe bombino president of the us promontory national park in calabria. bit on why our civil servants still willing to risk their lives in the style of. their purpose that not all of them because we can frighten the mafia with words and rules. the fortunes of a pretty pictures of people mina says that he and other civil servants are risking their lives by taking administrative action we journalists have a duty to give them a platform to stand in front of them and to reach out to them so they know they are not alone i had a child but i hope i can show us all. how low lives alone and keeps a low profile. the mafia could strike at any minute. paolo reviews the interview footage in the editing room and gets to work on his report on . this he made it even if you were no voice stupid people who didn't have one. and are not going to stop there let's go to my question so we'll keep it in there talk. to you this is where the phrase there are threats is almost literary they sent me a bomb in a message that read. for you were made from dust to enter dust to show re

these two sides, now, calabria hasn't been confirmed yet but from what i understand, his people -- therery kudlow internally who agree with him. this sort of tension that exists, from what we understand, is delaying any sort of coherent action on it. the president, we should point out, signed a memorandum on friday, i believe it was, essentially saying get to work on reform. we should point out there was a reason why that was a memorandum, not an executive order. because he understands people in the administration understand that this is heavy lifting. there is still an internal battle that must be sorted out over where we're going with fannie and freddie. if it's a memorandum it doesn't have the sort of, you know, it's a more nuanced directive. susan: he's not taking sides. >> no, he's just saying get it done. that's where we are right now. i tell you, why is this an important story? susan: fannie and freddie help out the people who can't get loans. >> not only that, this is big. i mean, these are heavily speculated stocks. they are penny stocks, they trade below -- anything that trades

but it gives you insight into what the president is thinking, insight into why he brought in mark calabria freddie. he's a libertarian. he would like to get out of the business. so privatization is clearly on the list, it's clearly being discussed by white house officials. one other thing i will say, you know, if you buy the stock thinking this is going to happen tomorrow, i don't know what happens to shareholders under privatization. the government essentially owns these things. do the other shareholders get wiped out? i have no idea. the other thing i don't know is how long this is going to take. what people are saying is this could be a year away, maybe if trump wins in 2020, a second term initiative. but it's on the table. be clear. i think it will pop the stock a little even though it's down. what's it doing now? liz: we are looking at it. it's up about three quarters of a percent at the moment. it's at $2.72. >> a penny stock. it's been a penny stock since it's been in receivership. we should point out over the last six months, these are some of the best performing stocks in the mark

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calabria oversaw h.u.d.'s regulation of the mortgage market, pre-merrell under the real estate -- primarily under respa. he worked on over 20 pieces of legislation as a senate staffer that became law, mostly in the area of housing and mortgage finance. in 2009 he worked on the homeless emergency assistance and rapid transition to housing act, or the harth arctic which strengthened our nation's homeless housing assistance program. most notably, he played a key role in drafting the housing and economic recovery act of 2008, or hera, which established the fhfa and created the position to which he is now nominated. from his work on hera, he has a clean understanding of the congressional intent behind the law and therefore also a respect for fhfa's responsibilities and boundaries as a regulator. during his nomination a few -- hearing a few weeks ago, he made a commitment to carrying out the clear intent of congress in protecting taxpayers while also underscoring the importance of maintaining access to affordable h

made and laid on the table and that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action on calabria and altman nominations. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. grassley: i ask unanimous consent that the senate resume legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: since i made that unanimous consent motion and i'm going to be speaking for longer than just ten minutes, i ask unanimous consent to speak for whatever time i might consume, which will probably be in the neighborhood of 20 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: yesterday, the ways and means committee sent a letter to the i.r.s. requesting the president's tax returns. last night, i had a chance to read that letter, and i have to say that if you take it at face value, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. consider the reasons that are stated in that letter from the ways and means committee for requesting the president's tax returns. it