mr. speaker , i never thought a debate on gse reform would be so emotional , and it has been a long day and a very productive day and a good debate .  let me , first of all , say to my friend from massachusetts , who worked very well with us in committee on this important legislation , let us not lose sight of the fact that this is the first major gse reform bill to ever come before any congress .  it was well written and well received , and it does a lot to create a world-class regulator for the gses .  secondly , it creates for the first time a housing fund that will funnel millions and millions of dollars into affordable housing through the gses , and i think we do not want to lose sight of that .  thirdly , this legislation does not ban faith-based groups from providing housing .  all it says is that we want groups that have had a record of building houses , a record of building houses in the various states , to be able to do that .  we want to make certain that that money is used for housing , not for political activity , not for lobbying or everything else .  fourthly , let me add , the gentleman from massachusetts ( mr. frank )  in his motion talks about a nonpartisan basis .  there is no definition in the campaign laws that i can find that defines what is essentially nonpartisan , and i think we need to keep that in mind .  understand this effort is to try to get as much money into the areas , in particularly the first 2 years in the hurricane-related areas , so we can provide affordable housing .  those folks along the gulf coast that were affected , florida , alabama , mississippi , texas , need to understand that this is the best way to provide affordable housing as quickly as possible with the maximum amount of oversight in this area .  