I want to thank my coanchor, my distinguished colleague Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee for her tremendous leadership and for anchoring this Special Order hour, and, of course, our chairwoman, Joyce Beatty, for her tremendous leadership…

Well, and is not the point here also to guard against any type of manipulation, like we have seen in the past with LIBOR?

And when you talk about choice, Mr. Giancarlo--and thank you for those comments--choice based on what? I mean, whose decision? Who gets to determine the rate? How do you determine that choice?

And so Mr. Pizor and Mr. Wipf, do you agree with that, that the banks and financial institutions and other agencies should have that choice? And if you do not agree with it, why?

Most consumers really do not understand the significance of what LIBOR means and the transition away from it.

It would be helpful to have clarity around this as there are about 25 leases expiring between January of 2022 and December of 2025.

the lease is currently held by the Trump Organization in an arrangement that has been fraught with legal and ethical questions.

There is a bipartisan bill that I introduced, H.R. 5291, that would do this, it is called the Democracy in Design Act.

I am hopeful that our relationship is remarkedly different than we had with your predecessors given the important role this subcommittee plays in your responsibilities.

I am not here to relitigate the decisions of the past which I found unethical and borderline illegal.

At the height of this pandemic, unemployment in my home district of Las Vegas was over 33 percent--a level not seen since the Great Depression. The fabulous Las Vegas Strip shut down, and the airport was empty. Now, thanks to Democrats, we…

franchisees in this country have been beat up on for too long, and we need to make sure that they have the ingredients for success

It is truly important to have leadership that sees its job as protecting people from unfair, abusive, and deceptive practices in financial products.

Thank you also for working with me to curb the unfair practices that affect some franchise business investors.

So many firms were fined only a dollar, only a dollar, with no redress provided to people who lost money.

I appreciate your comments.

I request the scheduled vote occur immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

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