There is no question about it. No question about it. And I think one of the important issues that we need to talk about as a country too, along with the health care and along with a lot of the decisions that our friends on the other side…

I would like to say that this just didn't happen. We didn't just end up here a couple of Octobers ago and all of a sudden things just happened. Our government was controlled by a conservative, neoconservative ideology for most of the first…

We've got to make the investments that we have to make as a country. Our infrastructure around the country needs a huge shot in the arm. Trillions of dollars need to be invested in roads and bridges, high-speed rail all across the United…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank both him and the gentlemen from Texas and Ohio for this Special Order hour on behalf of the Republican Study Committee. I notice the chart in the well of the Chamber is talking about the real…

I want to say to my friend from Massachusetts, you and I both support our Chair. We support the oversight function of our committee and of the Congress, and that is the spirit in which I rise. Also, I think it's critical that we track this…

As it is presently. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman from Missouri opposed to the motion?

The gentleman is right on target with his comments. I just remind the Speaker, last spring the Republican Study Committee offered a balanced budget, something families and small business owners have to do every year and something local…

As has been recounted by my friend from Massachusetts, the amendment which was in the bill that would have given the GAO the ability to audit the Fed was taken out of the bill; and the bill, as it was introduced originally, is before this…

Yesterday, I introduced H.R. 4414, a bill that imposes a 75 percent tax on the outside bonuses bankers are paying themselves from windfall profits earned from massive Federal Government support. This bill is necessary because bankers are…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Just talking about these numbers, how are we going to pay for this? We are looking at 21, 22, $23 trillion in the outyears here. The question is how are we going to pay for this. We owe $3 trillion to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think you would be very hard pressed to find it. I know that when I went out in my district--I know that Members going across their districts, across this country have found the same questions being…

I appreciate the gentleman for yielding. I would be remiss if I didn't bring this up. As I mentioned a little earlier, I represent the largest agricultural district in the State of Ohio, along with manufacturing. When we are talking about…

Well, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I really appreciate him hosting this Special Order late this afternoon. I think it's very, very important that the American people absolutely know what's going on here. As we all were home over the…

The conventional wisdom flowing through the media to our Nation is that without the Wall Street bailout, America would have gone into economic depression and many banks would have failed. Well, the bailout passed. But think about it, then…

As an original cosponsor of this resolution, I stand in full support and in strong friendship of Ukraine and her people. In a region which struggles to produce a stable democracy, Ukraine is poised to become a shining example of a strong…

I have introduced H.R. 4414, the Responsible Bankers Act of 2010. Now, many of you know I voted against both pieces of TARP legislation. It is time that America got their money back and imposed a 75 percent tax on the bonuses that bankers…

It is said that one out of every three American homeowners is underwater with their mortgage, meaning that they owe more on their mortgages than the house in which they live is worth. One out of every three Americans. We know that this…

Repealing or weakening the CRA would be a mistake.