Back in May I filed an amendment in committee hoping that I could work with the administration between then and now, floor consideration, to develop a meaningful way for community development loan funds to participate in this legislative…

I commend the administration's and Mr. Frank's leadership in recent proposals to increase CDFI fund investments and the launch of two new initiatives within the CDFI program to improve the health and economic viability of low-income…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the amended version of H.R. 5297, the misleadingly named Small Business Jobs and Credit Act. We have again missed an opportunity to help small…

There are a number of issues that fail to make it to the floor, but there's one issue that I absolutely feel strongly about and believe that the people of this Congress and the people of the Nation need to know, and that is the subminimum…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I tell you what, I would rather not withdraw the amendment, but I would take just a voice vote. I would like to say if I can, I just appreciate the chairman's willingness to work with me on this, and…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I very much appreciate the chairman's willingness to work with me on this and to move forward. This is going to be a process that is going to take some time. We need to come up with some thoughtful consideration…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available…

I rise again today because southwest Missourians keep telling me that they're expecting us to keep our eye on the ball. The most important thing they want us working on in the House is jobs--that's J-O-B-S, Madam Speaker. But most of the…

I came to the floor today to talk about Social Security, but having spent most of last evening watching the news on a variety of stations and reading several newspapers this morning, I decided I just wanted to speak about what I am seeing…

If we have an interaction system wherein people are making decisions with a known possibility of a blowout and blowout preventers that have a fairly high probability of failure, somebody needs to intervene and say what the heck is going on…

I thank the chairman. My earlier comments acknowledged the many people who are working so hard down in the gulf, and I want to pay particular respect and admiration to a great public servant, Admiral Thad Allen. As many of us know, Thad…

In conclusion again, I just want to acknowledge the leadership of Mr. Hall, the ranking member, who has been instrumental in prior work to make sure we had developed competitive technologies to gain access to these resources for the…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the bill before us now, H.R. 2693, the Oil Pollution Research and Development Program Reauthorization Act, and shortly we will be discussing H.R. 5716, the…

Hardworking individuals and entrepreneurs have always been the life blood of our economy. They create jobs. They spur innovation. They have made the American free enterprise system the envy of the world. As Americans, we all understand…

Last evening I received a phone call from a friend from my congressional district who now lives here in the District. We spoke extensively, but painfully, about the pitiful action taken in this body yesterday. We denied unemployment…

Everyone agrees it's critical to restructure the regulatory oversight of our Nation's financial sector to help prevent future crises. Unfortunately, not only does this conference report fail to achieve this most basic goal, it also creates…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for the hard work he has done on this bill. Mr. Speaker, clearly the country would like to see the right things done for the economy. I think this bill fails to do many of the basic things it should…

I would like to reiterate that this is just a giveaway. That is all it is. If we want to help small businesses, then let's reinstate bonus depreciation. Let's shorten appreciation to buy new equipment and to add more jobs. The bottom line…