Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Francis Rooney).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Allen), another distinguished member from the committee.

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 607, I call up the bill (H.R. 3441) to clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and ask for…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 3441. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), the chair of the Small Business Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Estes).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Ferguson), our distinguished colleague.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 3441, the Save Local Business Act. Mr. Speaker, the premise of this legislation is simple. It is about protecting the ability of…

My only fear is that I would check in but never leave.

The Federal Government's involvement in housing finance is predicated on the idea that it is not only helpful but it is also necessary.

That loan isn't a loan, it is an albatross. It is a moral hazard.

Let us recognize that a family may not be able to afford a home. The prices may be too high and the family's income may not rise with those prices.

And the reason we had to pay that is because unless we put 20 percent down and financed 80 percent, we had to have the guarantee in there just in case of a default.

And until we start to actually articulate our concerns, you are going to have these, you know, abnormal issues that we have to address.

So what is the difference? Because I agree. And if you look at Tunisia, you can look at, from a coalition standpoint, a very positive direction that we are seeing.

Well, then my question comes to this administration, because largely we are silent on that too. This is not a Democrat or Republican--we have been silent on it.

We are all about freedom, and we are all about free speech, and we are all about a competition of ideas.