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So would we no longer have tens of thousands of providers in this particular area?

We have to make sure that we are not sole-sourcing different building materials or standards to where there is only one company that makes a product.

I want to thank the distinguished chair and ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Engel and Mr. McCaul, for their leadership in crafting this joint resolution condemning the administration's decision to withdraw and abandon…

That is part of our overall resiliency goal, is making sure that we make safe houses affordable and accessible.

And I know that Mr. Wright has been outspoken about this issue and ensuring that we properly use those tools.

I think that there has been certainly a lot of concern, particularly from our side of the aisle, that the CFPB has overreached in so many instances.

I first want to thank the gentleman from California for his courtesy and, of course, that of the majority leader. Madam Speaker, I rise today to call attention to a failure of our government to issue a promised and required set of…

I think this is beneficial. It has very little to do with partisanship.

It is a sad state of affairs in our country that we are at this place.

I want to say to you that you are just as American as anyone else here in this room.

Thank God we have a President willing to take on this crisis.

These facilities, in my view, put profits for shareholders above the safety and the care of those in detention.

I include in the Record a list of supporters for the SAFE Banking Act from a broad coalition, including the National Association of Attorneys General, including 38 State attorneys general, 20 State Governors, and 18 State banking…

To my friend from Michigan, I guess I have more confidence in the Federal employees that they can get something done in the next 180 days. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Heck) who has been working on…

I do think facts matter, and there are a variety of reasons that I believe justify ending for-profit detention in the United States of America.

May I inquire how much time each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DeGette). The gentleman from Colorado has 4 minutes remaining. The gentleman from North Carolina has 4 minutes remaining.

I don't think there is any question that we are wasting millions of taxpayer dollars, in my view, by having these for-profit facilities.