With a tone that indicated desire for applause, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., told a local real estate group Wednesday that homeowners and Realtors “cannot continue with Fannie [Mae] and Freddie [Mac] as they are today.”
Corker paused, waiting for claps.
“No applause there, I noticed,” he said to laughs.
The line came as he closed a speech to the Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors, where Corker spoke as part of a statewide tour to generate support for a bill that challenges the fundamental tenets of the housing industry.
“We don’t like change,” said Eleanor Mitchell, a Realtor for Fletcher Bright Co. “But we’re in jeopardy if we stay like this.”