But, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the underlying issue here, that private U.S. business cannot freely open new facilities in right-to-work States without fear of retaliation by the U.S. Government and this administration.

I want to turn to another area. On April 20 of this year, the acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint against the Boeing Company, alleging that it violated Federal law by deciding to transfer a…

I rise today to once again introduce my flat tax bill, the Smart, Manageable and Responsible Tax Act, referred to as the SMART Act. In the United States, there are few, if any, days that are viewed with the same resentment and contempt…

Without flood control nothing else matters.

We cannot always count on good luck, as you know.

Would requiring companies to use standardized cleared products or forcing them to post margin... increase risk in the financial system or decrease it?

Mr. Duffy, Governor Tarullo--you were here--explained that central clearinghouses concentrate risk and thus have the potential to transmit shocks throughout the financial markets.

This process is a direct result of the poorly conceived regulatory structure created by the Dodd-Frank legislation.

It helps you compete, does it not?

Regulators are hastily proposing rules to meet the extremely short deadlines without fully considering either their economic impact or how they interact with the rules proposed by other regulators.

Exclusive clubs are dangerous things sometimes.

Dodd-Frank has needlessly, I believe, created widespread uncertainty about the regulation of derivatives and threatens to impose huge costs on Main Street businesses as well as on our overall economy.