Mr. President, I thank the chairman for his acknowledgment and his work with us on this amendment. It has broad bipartisan support. I offer it on behalf of myself and the good Senator from Georgia, Mr. Isakson, whose expertise in housing…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To exempt qualified residential mortgages from…

I wish to ask for immediate consideration of the amendment, if it could be voice voted at this time and, if not, scheduled for the earliest possible vote.

I ask unanimous consent to add Senator Burris as a cosponsor of the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I wanted to make sure that the Small Business Administration here as part of our Federal system was as strong as it could be.

Mr. Speaker, last week, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that Louisiana, along with 16 other States, would not participate in the government takeover of health care's temporary high risk pools. I commend Governor Jindal on this decision and…

Madam Speaker, I have no further requests for time. I urge my colleagues to support this resolution, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H. Res. 1284, which is a resolution obviously supporting the goals and ideals of International Learn to Fly Day. And I would like to…

Mr. Speaker, I would yield such time as he may consume to one of the original sponsors, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers).

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time. I would just, again, like to express my strong support for this resolution. There's a lot of groups out there, again, that are encouraging flight. The Experimental Aircraft Association's…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, a resolution recognizing general aviation pilots and the general aviation industry for their contributions in…

I think managing the expectations of what the Federal Government is going to do versus what the State is going to do versus what the local government is going to do is critical after a disaster.

the law, I understand, not policy, limits the disaster loans to $5 million.

for every dollar invested in mitigation projects, the Federal Government saves four dollars in averted disaster assistance

If we had more mayors like you, we wouldn't have nearly the problems that we have.

Should we look at a more specific Disaster Block Grant that either HUD or FEMA could issue that might be a little bit more effective or efficient than just trying to use a program that wasn't created for the disaster?

I think some of the people that I represent are still shocked to know that some of the temporary housing in trailers... amounted to anywhere between $70,000, I think, and $90,000.

I think it is necessary to do something so that mayors and governors--and so, Mayor, let me ask you.