In my home state of New Mexico, horseracing is a $400 million a year industry supporting 10,000 jobs.
Their argument was that gambling meant bigger purses, better horses coming to Florida, more people at the tracks, and more people gambling. ...
But I want to remind you back--we had a hearing last year when gas was, gas prices were $7 or $8 an MCF.
Not only have we written letters, but we have asked you here to get back.
We have got to be more sensitive to the middle class people across this country, and particularly those that have mined coal, that have made...
How much more studies are we going to have?
Should we? Can we afford that as a society when 24 million people are either unemployed or underemployed?
Just because we can doesn't mean we should.
It's all about legal practices. There's nothing about people.
THE NEED FOR PRIVACY PROTECTIONS: IS INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATION ADEQUATE?
I believe that the appraisal process is absolutely essential and so important to the mortgage process...
Thank both of you.
I'm sure you are pleased you have both of your Senators, the Democrat and the Republican supporting this.
I hope my other colleagues on the committee will join in encouraging that this important and extraordinary prayer...
Yes.
Thank you, sir.
We'll enter everything that you all, both, have given us.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank both of you and sorry if you feel like we're skipping over you, Ms. Kolb.
