Spencer Bachus: “Government has a role, but government's role is not at the expense of business.”

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

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

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…

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