I yield myself 1 additional minute. This program provides funding for States to expand or create lending programs that use small amounts of public resources to generate private bank financing and are designed to address critical reasons…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 5 minutes. Mr. Chairman, our Nation's economic rebirth relies upon the ability of our community businesses to innovate, develop, and market solutions that deliver measurable value to their customers. Their…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Peters).

Madam Chair, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. Chu) having assumed the chair, Ms. Norton, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on…

Madam Chairwoman, I just want to acknowledge Congressman Braley's efforts recognizing the challenges Americans have reading many government documents, particularly lending disclosures, which are very difficult to understand. This amendment…

I just want to applaud Congressmen Driehaus, Connolly, and Moore's efforts to improve the oversight of the SBLF program. This amendment importantly expands oversight to ensure taxpayer dollars are protected. I urge my colleagues to adopt…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the instruction in the amendment printed in part B of House Report 111-506 relating to page 11, line 8, be considered to refer to section 4(d)(2)(a) of the original-text substitute. The SPEAKER…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to acknowledge Congressman Price's amendment and its recognition of the challenges facing not only community businesses seeking loans but the community bankers that are trying to provide…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on H.R. 5297 and to insert extraneous material thereon. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

But they have to, under the terms of the treaty, accomplish it by year 7?

So you feel reasonably confident that you have the facilities and the skills in order to handle this reduction?

It's a 10-year treaty and in 7 years you're going to be doing the drawdown?

In the NPR, a whole bunch of warheads in the queue for dismantlement, and that number will increase under the START reductions.

Do we think the Russians will do likewise over 7 years?

General Chilton, as you de-MIRV the launchers where they're carrying only one warhead, how does this START enhance the stability of the nuclear balance?

How much time remains? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 3 minutes 45 seconds remaining.

Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to wish a happy bat mitzvah to a wonderful young lady in my congressional district, Alix Klein. She recently celebrated her bat mitzvah surrounded by family and friends and chose to mark the occasion with more…

Madam President, I just came back from Pensacola. I saw the oil not only out in the gulf, I saw the oil in Pensacola Bay. It is also in Perdido Bay. There are tar balls in the bay. They are slipping underneath the booms. Those tar balls…