it's about providing more certainty. >> we have challenges at fan sandee freddie -- at fannie and freddie maintaining an employee base in this environment because they don't know what the future of fannie and freddie is. there are multiple implications that follow from the failure. >> would you say it should be a high priority for us for the congress and administration to get that done? i mean, when i first came here, the former chairman was criticizing the administration for not doing anything on g.s.e. reform. the former ranking member was criticizing the republicans for not doing anything on reform. now, there have been a lot of proposals. i'm part of a team that have come up with a proposal that i'd like to talk to you about. do you think it's time for that to get done? >> well, i would say there are implications for not doing it for me to put a priority on it i think is an inappropriate role for me because there are a lot of things that congress deals with that are priorities, and that's just not my role to set those. >> so one of the things that our legislation does is invite requir