“While I have to be here by statute, I don’t think I have to answer your questions. If you take a look at the actual statute that requires me to be here, it says that I ‘shall appear’ before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate. And I’m here and I’m happy to do it.”

– Trump Office of Management and Budget director, and head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday.