I would encourage this Committee to review this policy in light of the current conditions.

This hearing is not just about H1N1. There are so many other issues that are affecting the pork industry.

I thought that the best way of addressing the issue was to start not on Wall Street but on Main Street.

Thank you for holding this important hearing. I am glad that CAL is taking the opportunity to look at the role of bankruptcy reform in financial regulation reform.

We need a third option.

Let me reiterate once again: Our pork is safe to eat.

I feel that we as Members of Congress need to press United States Trade Representative Kirk and the rest of the Obama Administration to hold these trading partners--and I use the term 'partner' loosely--to hold them accountable for their…

We waived that provision for any member of the Armed Services who is deployed overseas, if they are forced to sell because of that deployment.

The proposal you have before the Congress presently is a renewal of the $8,000 tax credit.

We raise that limitation to $300,000 for a couple filing jointly to accommodate the incentive for the move-up market.

There is a direct absolute correlation between home values and consumer confidence.

the extension and expansion of the highly successful homebuyer tax credit.

I personally think you would lose all the value of the tax credit if it became a permanent accepted credit in the general marketplace.

Stabilizing the housing market is the key to economic recovery, and we must continue to use all of the tools at our disposal to ensure that homeowners get the relief that they need.

It is the single biggest compounding effect on the consumer confidence level of anything that is going on.

In 1974, I was a branch manager for a company when the biggest housing crisis prior to this one act took place.

It needs to be extended and it needs to be broadened in the following ways: One, it should be broadened to any homeowner who buys and occupies as their principal residence for 3 years, as long as their joint family income is no more than…

I appreciate the opportunity to be here. Quite honestly, I have never been on this side of the dais before.