I feel like I'm having a dream, and in that dream my colleague, Patrick McHenry, has legislation on the floor, and President Obama has endorsed that legislation. I feel like I ought to wake up and find out that that was a dream. But in…

About 2 years ago, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Peters) and I were in Kabul and Kandahar together on a trip. I remember talking to my Democratic colleague, saying that there must be things that Republicans and Democrats can work…

At this time I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the subcommittee chair, Mrs. Capito from West Virginia, to speak in favor of the bill.

At this time I would like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert), the main sponsor of this bill.

I thank the gentleman from Michigan. At this time I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga).

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this time I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Womack), an original cosponsor of the legislation.

I am proud to rise in support of H.R. 2447, introduced by the gentle lady form Florida, Corrine Brown, to award a collective Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines for their patriotic service during World War II and their…

Never in my life will I forget the Sunday afternoon when this House, under the previous majority, passed a health care law that permitted taxpayer funding of abortions. It remains as inconceivable to me now, as it was then, that the very…

I think what we found is that there were legal requirements that weren't complied with on many occasions.

I absolutely agree with that, Mr. Secretary. But that $5 disclosure was a pretty honest up-front disclosure.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think we can all agree on some things. I think Mr. Waxman would agree and Mr. Moran, number one, that we want to preserve American jobs if we can; but I think, number two, we don't want to compromise…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania and, in fact, both gentlemen from Pennsylvania. Mr. Doyle, I commend you, and I commend my colleague, Chris Smith, for your excellent work over the years in combating autism and for bringing this…

I will change my remarks. He said a single director, who doesn't have to come to Congress for an appropriation. The second thing we do is we have an appeal process, or a review process. Now, if I could have the second slide, what we have…

I reclaim my time. What the gentleman said is, yes, that's what Elizabeth Warren proposed. Then he said, yes, that's what I introduced. Then he said, but I decided at some point that we would rather have an unaccountable czar because we…

I never voted for a stand-alone consumer protection financial bill and I never voted against it because it was never offered. What was offered was a 2,400-page extravaganza which hires about 10,000 new Federal employees to enforce rules…

What is this awful thing that Republicans are bringing before the Congress today? This monstrosity, the Democrats have called it, is an attack on consumers. Well, it is a proposal that was first brought to us by our Democratic colleagues…

I've been listening to the debate on the floor, and although this was concerning the rule, there have been a lot of false claims lodged against what this legislation does. It does not gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It is not…

I will yield to the gentleman to just answer this question: Was a bipartisan commission proposed by Elizabeth Warren? That's number one. Then you can respond to it or ask me a question. My number one question: Did she propose a bipartisan…

We just heard that we were cutting Medicare; but, in fact, it was the minority party that cut $500 billion out of Medicare last year to pass ObamaCare. How quickly we forget. Mr. Speaker, at one time, people stored cash under their…

I think the gentleman from Illinois was arguing on the last amendment, not this amendment. If the Members will take everything he said, transfer it to the amendment before, it would be appropriate. But I disagree with his argument.

I would like to commend Mr. Loebsack for his amendment. I also would like to say that because it does require or ask that TV and radio be utilized to get the word out, the next amendment by the lady from Michigan actually would--and I have…

I rise to claim time in opposition, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I appreciate the remarks of the gentleman from Illinois. I believe this is a noncontroversial amendment. It will encourage local governments to undertake repairs and remedial efforts. And I believe it is a fair, equitable change in the…

I thank the gentlewoman. Madam Chairman, this month we're all focused on the debt and the deficit and our negotiations to try to balance the budget. So it's with great pride that I tell the House that all 54 members of the Financial…

This is a commonsense amendment. As many of us on the Financial Services Committee know, the flood insurance program is a public-private partnership where private insurance companies write the coverage and service the policies, with the…