Before Quote by Timothy Geithner

We gotta get Fannie and Freddie out of government ownership. It makes no sense that these are owned by the government and have been…

— Steve Mnuchin

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

Fannie and Freddie are creations of government. They were given a huge leg up over their competitors.

— Nancy Pfotenhauer

We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.

— Maxine Waters

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

— Barney Frank

Analysts say that one reason Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were privatized in the first place was to prevent political whims from dominating the…

— Charles Duhigg

These public-private partnerships are very, very dangerous. The most rotten part of the financial system in the US consisted of the government sponsored entities,…

— George Soros

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

— Bethany McLean

Fannie and Freddie made two-thirds of all subprime mortgages. That is not a free market institution. That entity, along with the Fed printing too…

— Dave Brat

Fannie Mae is owned by shareholders but operates under a federal charter that exempts it from paying state or local taxes. As a result,…

— Alex Berenson

These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more…

— Barney Frank

Public loyalty results in private leverage.

— Andy Stanley