when productivity increases, when profits increase, is there a reason that the minimum wage should not increase as well?
Had the minimum wage grown at the same pace of incomes going to the top 1 percent of the taxpayers, the minimum wage wou...
the sequester is only the beginning. We may have another one next year. We have a trust fund issue.
What I am looking for is the ability to have an honest discussion with not just my colleagues, but also my constituents,...
And to be perfectly honest, everybody likes to do different things. I am not one who likes to throw around hundreds of m...
For me it is much more interesting, when I go to my constituents, I talk about specific projects.
I want to be clear. I am asking more than just sequester. We have a trust fund issue.
Everything we have talked about today costs money, everything.
I think it speaks for itself, when you lose 40 percent of the companies doing the business, that there is an inherent pr...
I honestly think this Committee represents the best opportunity for significant change in Magnuson-Stevens.
The bottom line is, I agree with many of the things that the chairman said.
From what I see, things are moving in the right direction.
I happen to believe that had it not grown at the time it did, there would be no housing market right now.
I can't imagine that anyone would defend a stupid law, and therefore we should change a stupid law.
But there is no given that somehow the FHA or government involvement in certain aspects of the market is a good thing.
Do you think the FHA should be shut down because it is bankrupt?
I invite my colleagues again to sign on to H.R. 1028, which will stop and prevent a stupid law.
I guess I am trying to make the point that private insurance is a good thing.
