I congratulate you on those contributions.

I think that returning to a more market-oriented financial sector is a top priority and we are, in fact, doing that.

Since the fall of 2008, I have advocated that Congress establish a statutory resolution regime that provides a workable alternative to Government bailouts and disorderly bankruptcies.

An earlier resolution would be better, certainly.

I do think that those large capital flows and the potential instability of those flows can be a risk to our financial system.

I would encourage you, just that--the power of finding out the extent of the problem.

I'm just curious why there hasn't been more pursuit to find out, industrywide, the degree of this problem.

It seems like we're flying in the dark here, really.

We know what happened in this particular situation, a year ago. The rules weren't followed, so making new rules is not necessarily going to help the situation.

It does seem that the underlying debate is more about are we going to have a free market economy or more of a centrally planned, government-directed economy.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise to honor the memory of my mentor and my dear friend, Congressman Jack Murtha. This is a tough day for all of us in the Pennsylvania delegation. Our State has lost its 800-pound gorilla and our dear, dear…

I think heading toward a 100 percent debt-to-GDP ratio would be very undesirable, particularly given the aging of our society and those obligations we are facing longer term.

I appreciate your professionalism in representing our country all over the world.

I want to thank you for your leadership in Honduras.

Mr. Speaker, last week marked the first year of the trillion dollar spending bill claimed to produce jobs, but The Island Packet at Hilton Head Island reports the fact that more than 4 million jobs have been lost. With 7.5 million jobs…

Mr. Speaker, I want to join all my colleagues in calling for jobs legislation that will get our people back to work and asking for a health care reform bill that will be affordable and accessible to all Americans. But, Mr. Speaker, I rise…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding me this time. I also want to thank all of the previous speakers: the gentleman from Michigan, the original author of the resolution; the gentleman from New York; and especially the…

So, we're at the early adopter stage, really, in using a technology to reduce an energy footprint.