Spencer Bachus: “The FSOC's proceedings make the Politburo look open by comparison.”

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.

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

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…

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