Spencer Bachus: “Thank you for appearing before the committee today, for your professionalism, and your service to our country.”

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.

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

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

Again, I thank the chairmen, the ranking members, and their staff for putting this together. The resolution process for financial institutions is one of the pieces of unfinished business from the 2008 financial crisis, and we will finish…