What happened here was, you had unregulated, speculated, greedy bankers that caused a financial crisis unlike anything we had since World War II.

Yes, but it's little bit of a different communication problem that I would say is, is that we have been very consistent.

You should never go out and tell people what you're doing is working, because they don't believe that.

He sets that up and says every day, we're coming out and fighting and we're doing things, fighting as hard as we can against this enormous thing that we're facing.

I think that what those banks did -- I think what these banks did and what -- what the greed that was exhibited there is on a level and a scale that we can't even imagine.

I think he let the banks off way too easy. I think he -- way, way too easy when they signed off on TARP. I think they should have gone for justice. I think they should have gone after them.

the fact that there was not anywhere close to sufficient accountability, that's what the Democratic Party exists for.

There have been a sizable number of subpoenas issued.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the NASA reauthorization bill. Too often people use the term: You know, this isn't rocket science. Well, in my State of Louisiana, we have got the Michoud assembly facility, and they do rocket science. And…

I can show you right now how you can save a billion dollars in your budget a billion dollars that you could reallocate to some of the things you want to do.

I think you may have a window of opportunity between the election and the end of the year to perhaps deal with that.

Mr. Speaker, everyone in this Chamber salutes the heroic actions of those countless brave Americans, both first responders and ordinary citizens, who put sacrifice over self in responding to the tragic events of 9/11. In the wake of…

We are starting to see the makings of a currency war out there, where others are devaluing their currencies at our expense. That's why this needs to be addressed at a multilateral level. I feel we can do this in a responsible way. So…

Mr. Speaker, let me just be clear to start. China's currency policy is wrong, and it is harmful for the U.S. and for China. But it is one of many problems, a whole host of problems that we have heard about: indigenous innovation, IPR…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume I am from Louisiana and we are no stranger to tragedies, but this is being presented on the other side as an either/or proposition. The bottom line is we could have actually done…

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe). {time} 1840

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the chairwoman's request to suspend the rules and pass S. 3839. The legislation provides a 4-month extension of all of these Small Business Administration's…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4072, the American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retraining Investment Collaboration Act, or the AMERICA Works Act. H.R. 4072 amends…