Affordable Quote by Barney Frank

These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis,

— Barney Frank

In September 2008, the two largest housing mortgage companies called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were government-sponsored enterprises, which hold hundreds of billions…

— Ben Bernanke

“As Representative Barney Frank put it: I believe that we, as the Federal Government, have probably done too little rather than too much to…

— Yaron Brook

Although not well known outside Wall Street, Freddie Mac and its corporate cousin, Fannie Mae, are two of the world's largest financial institutions and…

— Alex Berenson

Fixing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in isolation, without looking at the big picture, would be short-sighted.

— Bethany McLean

If Freddie Mac is unable to raise capital, it could spark a political and financial crisis.

— Charles Duhigg

RE: GSEs like Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae: "creditors will continue to underprice the risk-taking of these financial institutions, overfund them, and fail to…

— Gary H. Stern

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - two bloated and corrupt government-sponsored programs - contributed heavily to the crisis.In order to prevent another crisis, we…

— Carly Fiorina

I think we're not going to preserve Fannie and Freddie in anything like their current form. We're going to have to bring fundamental change…

— Timothy Geithner

There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fannie Mae and Freddie…

— Mark Zandi

“The not-so-astonishing results: By late 2008, Fannie and Freddie were on the verge of collapse and were taken over by the government. Thus their…

— Yaron Brook

Congress created Fannie Mae in 1938 and Freddie Mac in 1970. For many years, these institutions prudently pursued their core mission of enhancing the…

— Jerome Powell