Spencer Bachus

I think maybe listening to everyone on the panel, I think, and most of the Members on the dais, we all agree that our country, its citizens, and even our immigrants need comprehensive immigration reform.

Does that make what the President did constitutional if it is unconstitutional?

I would simply recognize Mr. Petri's and Ms. Tsongas' contributions in helping Mr. Kilmer with this amendment--and there may be others. I want to express to the full committee chair our appreciation for supporting this amendment, and I…

My Democratic colleagues have said they want to wrap this up. So let me just simply say to you that this is having the effect of shutting down these companies, whether that was intended or not.

In this economy, the last thing we need is to make it harder for businesses to operate and employ workers, and by that I mean legitimate businesses.

The program also can deny legitimate merchants access to financial networks they need to survive.

Those left on the short end can often be the people who have the greatest difficulty in getting any credit at all.

However, my continued concern is that the program threatens to dry up legitimate sources of credit and financing.

The intent of Operation Choke Point may have carried a purpose that we would all agree with, and that is to prevent financial fraud.

If you are imposing costs on the system, you should have to internalize them.

In a perfect world, there will be no payday lenders.

I think that the market needs to be regulated.

Consumer fraud is real. Go after that, not after an archery store.

Our loan was turned down not because of our credit. We had perfect financials and had been working with the same manager for 20 years. It was just because question sell guns, and they said that to us specifically, you sell guns.

But in fact in 4 it says, documents sufficient to identify payment processors or merchants or clients that experienced a return rate of 3 percent or greater in any 1-month period.

But in your document request it says, number 6, on page 6.

Let me say this, we are going to have a second round.

Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. Sewell).

This is a very straightforward amendment, which I am joined by my colleague, Ms. Terri Sewell, in offering. The chief judge of the Northern District of Alabama, Karon Bowdre, and the U.S. marshal who was appointed under the previous…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting 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…

Many times, Congress didn't intend.

I just want to make a statement about Government investment in infrastructure, the space program, the hundreds of millions of dollars that the Federal Government, through taxpayer money, spent to prepare to turn that industry over to the…

I think most Americans and most Members of Congress are very concerned.

Thank you for the billions of dollars' worth of refunds that you have gotten for the American people. I do appreciate that.