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it reminds me of mel brooks, actually.ucers" and he -- and he was immersed in musical theater again. and out of the blue he said to me one day. you know, i'll tell you something, nathan. i am about 18%, 19%, 20% gay. 80% straight. 20% gay. wait, wait, 15%. 15% gay. no less. he wanted to be clear about that. so he's just gay enough. >> jimmy: he is just the perfect -- he's just got a little -- >> little bit of gay in him. >> jimmy: a hint of gay. >> it helps. i said that's what gives you your sophistication, wit, and sense of irony. >> jimmy: it seems like -- i've had mel hear on the show before. >> he's the best. >> jimmy: it must have been so much fun to hang out with him every day. working on that show. >> one of my heroes. to be able to do that with him was one of the greatest times in my life in the theater. >> jimmy: he's always fooling around, it seems like. >> well, yes. and you know, that was just a joyous time. but you know, when he was young, when he was like a writer on "the sid caesar show," he was a little mor

it remind me of mel brooks, actually.ducers" and he, immersed in musical theater again. he was, out of the blue he said to me one day. you know i will tell you something, nathan. i am about, 18, 19, 20% game. 80% straight. 20% gay. wait, wait, 15%, 15% gay. no less. he wanted to be clear about that. so he is just gay enough. >> jimmy: just a little. >> little bit of gay in him. >> a hint of gay. it helps. i said that's what gives you your sophistication, wit and sense of irony. >> jimmy: i have had mel on the show. must have been so great to hang out with him every day. >> one of my heroes. to be able to do that with him was one of the greatest times in my life in the theater. >> jimmy: he is always fooling around it seems like? >> yes. and you know, that was just a joyous time. but i, you know when he was young, like a writer on the sid caesar show, more rambunctious and outrageous. >> jimmy: really? how so? >> i remember neil simon telling me one day they were walking down the street. he saw three nuns walking towards t

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brookings institution. i'm pleased today to introduce today's keynote speaker, mel watt, who is the director of the federal housing finance agency. we are thrilled to have director watt here today. we are now approaching 60 are since fannie mae and freddie mac were placed into conservatorship. much has changed since then, including the profitability of the countries, but the fundamental structure in many ways is unchanged. while congress actively debates whether and how to reform the housing finance system, the decisions that director watt and fha make are critically important in determining housing affordability and the degree to which taxpayers will bear risk in the mortgage market. director watt has been in his current job for about four months now as the regular and conservator of fannie and freddie, and a regular of 12 banks. prior to that, he was with the u.s. house of representatives for over 20 years representing his home state of north carolina after set -- serving for two years in the state senate. before that, he practiced law for over 20 years, specializing in minority business and economic dev

brookings institution. i'm pleased today to introduce today's keynote speaker, mel watt, who is the director of the federalousing finance agency. we are thrilled to have director walked here today -- director wa tt here today. we are now approaching 60 are since fannie mae and freddie mac were placed into conservatorship. much has changed since then, including the profitability of , but theries fundamental structure in many ways is unchanged. while congress actively debates whether and how to reform the housing finance system, the decisions that director watt and fha make are critically important in determining housing affordability and the degree to which taxpayers will bear risk in the mortgage market. director watt has been in his current job for about four months now as the regular and conservator of fannie and freddie, and a regular of 12 banks. ther to that, he was with u.s. house of representatives for over 20 years representing his home state of north carolina after set -- serving for two years in the state senate. before that, he practiced law for over 20 years, specializing in minority business a

. >> mel watt is the director of the federal housing finance agency which oversees mortgage lenders fannie mae and freddie mac. at the brookings institution he talked about reforms to mortgage lending rules and recent changes intended to make credit more available to homeowners. in this includes analysts discussing proposed reforms to fannie mae and freddie mac. >> good morning, everyone. sdies welcome. i am the vice president and director of economic studies here at the brookings speak institution. i am very pleased today to introduce today's keynote speaker who is the director of the federal housing finance agency. we are thrilled to have them here today to give his views on housing finance and the direction in which he is taking fha. we are now approaching six years since fannie mae and freddie mac wre placed into conservatorship including the profitability ofay the company including fundamental structure that is unchanged. while congress actively debates whether to have a reform on the housing finance from the decision that directs us are critically important in determining credit availability for the housing market and ho