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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation, H.R. 5730. It rescinds $713.2 million in contract authority for 309 projects from four prior Surface Transportation Authorization…
Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to our colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson).
Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, I support this legislation. It is a small step for fiscal conservatism. I think it is very unfortunate, though, that this debate comes right on the heels of the debate about the war supplemental, a more than…
Madam Speaker, I will join with Ranking Member Mica and Chairman Cummings in their commendations, particularly of Admiral Allen, for whom all of us have such great respect, and say once again congratulations on this 100th anniversary to…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of House Concurrent Resolution 258, which congratulates the superintendent and staff of the United States Coast Guard Academy, as well as the commandant…
Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the ranking member of the full committee, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica).
Madam Speaker, I spent 7\1/2\ years, before coming to Congress, as a criminal court judge in Tennessee trying felony criminal cases. I tried the attempted murder of James Earl Ray and many other high-profile cases, thus I have a great…
Mr. Speaker, it's particularly fitting that I would be with you today in that my late father-in-law, State Representative Julian Dusenbury, who was a hero of the Battle of Okinawa, was shot by a sniper, but he continued his service from a…
Madam Speaker, I wish to inform the House that I was unavoidably detained by a medical situation and, consequently, missed the vote to approve the final version of H.R. 4213, the Unemployment Compensation Act Extension of 2010, earlier…
Mr. Speaker, the new State job numbers confirm that 47 States are suffering since the so-called stimulus bill passed while D.C. bureaucrats are benefiting from increasing jobs. The Politico reported on such a discrepancy in an article…
Mr. Speaker, in addition to being a legendary actor, writer, and singer, American actor Pat Boone serves as spokesman for 60 Plus, an advocacy group led by Jim Martin for senior citizens. Pat is an advocate for liberty and a defender of…
the Federal Reserve has been involved a long time in developing better ways of transmitting remittances.
What we have to determine is which firms are systemically critical.
we have seen many financial institutions improve their remittance services and use that as a way of attracting the interest of minority or immigrant groups.
I think it will be important for us to develop as many criteria, clear criteria as we possibly can.
the legislation, together with stronger regulatory standards for bank capital and liquidity now being developed, will place our financial system on a sounder foundation and minimize the risk of a repetition of the devastating events of the…