Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20100422:17:36:00
Fannie aren't in this bill. i mean, it actually all began with them. >> fannie and freddie's role was extraordinarily important in the financial crisis. in fact they were one of the major reasons we had a financial crisis. >> reporter: actually, that was supposed to be senator collins who said that if in fact they had underwriting standards that were stricter there wouldn't have been a market for mortgage brokers and banks who off load the low quality mortgages. freddie and fannie encouraged the risky loans then and that, said senator collins, was the house of cards that eventually collapsed. ...