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Madam Speaker, when the House passed the Financial CHOICE Act to repeal Dodd-Frank last year, we did so because we believe in Main Street, we believe in the consumer, the American consumer. Dodd-Frank promised to protect consumers from the…

We say in Minnesota that everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not entitled to their own facts.

Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate Team USA and to recognize the contributions of so many Minnesotans at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea. I am happy to be joined here by my Senate colleague from Minnesota, Senator…

Mr. President, I know Minnesotans will look forward to Senator Smith's actual first speech, but I think it is a tribute to our State that her first appearance on the Senate floor was about all of these Gold Medals in hockey and curling and…

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Senator Klobuchar, for organizing this colloquy on the Olympic contributions of Minnesotans. I was proud to work with you on this resolution honoring our Olympians. While I have not yet given my first…

Thank you, Senator Cortez Masto, for drawing attention to the cost of delay for these projects.

I think one difference is, that he has made this really clear, 10 times that he wanted a strong universal background check bill.

I requested this hearing on Senator Tester's bill, the Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act because in my state the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System is still awaiting federal funding to complete a project that was authorized…

It won't happen if the American people hold him to what he said today.

the president clearly committed to a strong background check bill, a strong universal background check bill.

I don't think that's going to work. And they are talking to me about things like assault weapons, and they're talking about the background check that the president said he would support today.

He can say that all he wants. But then he's going to have to face all those kids in Florida.

He said he didn't want a weak bill. It's clear he wanted to close the gun show loophole that he wanted to do something about background checks.

I hope that as you and your colleagues at the Fed review the SLR that you come to the same conclusion that a coalition of Republican and Democrat members on this committee have, that we must recognize the exposure-reducing nature of…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of one of Minnesota's outstanding businessmen, Butch Ames. As chief executive officer and cofounder of Ames Construction, a family-owned and privately held construction company headquartered in…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support another bill which builds on the good work of the House Financial Services Committee. The Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act takes an…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Torah Academy for entering their 73rd year educating Jewish children in Minnesota. From the beginning and to this day, Torah Academy maintains a focus on strengthening the mind and spirit of our…