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I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, I rise today in support of my amendment to the Small Business Lending Fund Act. The amendment I offer today does two things to improve the underlying bill's State Small Business…
So does this get back to the point that the chairman made that you have two big issuers who control 80 percent of the market?
I must say when you first brought this issue up when we were discussing our legislation, I had no idea how pervasive the use of credit and debit cards were within the Federal Government.
Wait a minute. Are you not in the leadership?
That surprises me, given the amount of transactions that the Federal Government is doing.
Without better planning, millions of American workers will be facing retirement years that are anything but golden.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me begin by thanking you for scheduling this hearing today on the all-important subject of retirement savings.
Your report, which came out earlier this week, notes that the Treasury could seek to negotiate a maximum rate that would be a flat, fixed percentage of all transaction dollars.
Which has been the chairman's point and why he wants the Federal Reserve to look at setting reasonable and proportional rates.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to say a few things in conclusion. We have debated a little bit today about whether or not this bill is important, and I just want to say this is a critical need that we are fulfilling today. This bill will support…
Mr. Speaker, I have to say, my colleague continues to act as though we don't have a problem out there with our economy. That somehow, as happened in the last administration, we can just take this laissez-faire attitude; we can just say it…
Mr. Speaker, my colleague from North Carolina has talked a little bit about the content of this bill, and I know it will be debated at great length after we have finished the debate on this rule. But I just want to mention a couple of…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 1436 provides for consideration of H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010, under a structured rule, with 1 hour of general debate with 30…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…
Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx). All time yielded during consideration of the rule is for debate only. General Leave
Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1436 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1436 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it…
Mr. Speaker, last week I introduced legislation to make sure that BP pays royalties on all of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Spilled Oil Royalty Collection Act, H.R. 5513, will ensure that BP pays royalties on every…