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I agree that everyone should have a right to sue, but if you lose, I think you should pay. This amendment will allow Federal land managers to get back to managing lands, create greater certainty in the ranching community, and help…

We have made considerable progress toward achieving those objectives through implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

I do not think we have ended the perception of too-big-to-fail, but I think we have gone a long way to ending too-big-to-fail with the regulations.

As you know, in the State of the Union, the President called on Congress to send him legislation that protects taxpayers from footing the bill for a housing crisis ever again and keeps the dream of home ownership alive for future…

I could not agree with you more. This has been a priority of the Treasury since the day I arrived, to make sure that we are planning for a safe and stable housing finance system.

It is paramount that the regulators understand the full spectrum of the rules they are implementing and any consequences before finalizing the rules.

Federal regulators must ensure that we do not tip the balance of the scales with too heavy a hand.

From his first day in office, Secretary Lew stressed the importance of finishing work on the Volcker Rule.

I have repeatedly stressed the need for the U.S. banking system and capital markets to remain the preferred destination for investors throughout the world.

It is time that we move away from fundamental need to educate our children with revenues from timber harvest of public forests.

I commend Senator Risch for his work, and the Idaho example in seeking ways to protect roadless areas and their values while also protecting wildland-urban communities from the effects of wildfire.

I've often wondered why when we have these disasters and everyone wrings their hands at the time, there is no follow-through.

It isn't that our land is better than the forest service land.

I think some modest step toward the State having more say in the management of these lands...

I would be remiss if I didn't thank both Mr. Ellis and Mr. Tidwell, who have been very active in Idaho.

The optics of this are such that the rest of the world says, 'It is back to business as usual.'

This is absolutely outrageous, for everything we have given to the Iranians, and them still to hold this.

I do not support what has been done. I think this thing is a disaster.