mr. demarco to a hearing we will have with mr. demarco. and i hope to have mr.feinberg and probably sheila their and others. i think it makes sense to separate out the issues -- sheila dara and others. i think it makes sense to separate out the issues between private-sector and public- sector. the question for mr. demarco is what we do about public sector compensation? i do want to welcome my republican colleagues to converge into the notion that we should regulate the pay of fannie mae and freddie mac. this committee has twice referred bills to the floor which explicitly proposed restrictions on the pay of fannie mae and freddie mac and the republicans opposed it in committee and opposed it on the floor. even in the case of one of the bills, the one on private- sector, because it was not clear what the status was at the time in texas, mr. antar and offered an amendment to make sure everything was covered -- mr. hensley and offered an amendment to make sure everything was covered. we adopted the amendment. we have had two bills that have passed the house which e